Dubai.
Well, we arrived this morning! And man have I got a lot to tell you guys. I'm pretty much going to skip talking about the flight itself. It was at night so we couldn't see anything and all I did was watch Captain America and the Simpsons. All I'll tell you is about when 30 minutes before we landed, when the sun was rising up, I look down at the desert below. It looked like a sea, but we weren't anywhere near water. Isn't that crazy? It looked so flat from such a high altitude. It was really awesome. And then, as we see Dubai from above, I see the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa! Don't worry, I filmed some wicked footage of it, and that shall be posted later. But anyway. After we landed and got outta the airport, we began to drive our way to Abu Dhabi. Somebody had told us that the trip was short, like only 30 minutes. Well guess what? The trip between Dubai and Abu Dhabi is like 2 HOURS!!! And this is after a 6 hour plane trip. As you can tell, we weren't very happy about this. But wait, before I continue, let me explain a few things. For those of you people who are wondering, wait, I thought you guys were going to Dubai? Well, we were wrong. Dubai is the capital city of the UAE, and has the 7 star hotel and the tallest building in the world. Abu Dhabi is like that other one. It's a lot smaller, it's still getting developed and all, and it's pretty nice. The attention to detail in both cities is amazing. Everything is intricately carved and there are all of these wacky buildings, like one that leans and one that's top-heavy. One of the interesting things that I've noticed here is that the faces of the two princes and king of UAE is everywhere; in supermarkets, in camera stores, in malls, in KFCs. EVERYWHERE. Why? Well, it's kinda like law to have at least one picture of them if you have a public outlet or whatever. It's starting to get a little creepy, with their eyes following you wherever you go. It almost feels like your inside of 1984. But it is a monarchy and all, so I guess they have to enforce their rule somehow. :/. And things are so EXPENSIVE here! A paperback of I Am Number 4 is $14!!! Every product is at the least $10 more expensive than it should be. So my Dad isn't very happy. I'm not jumping for joy either. I had wanted to buy an XBox 360 wireless controller so I could play Shift 2 in style but it was like $50. It might actually be less expensive back in Nigeria! Before we went, all of these Nigerians had told us that it is cheaper to shop in Dubai than in Lagos, so we believed them. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE. But, anyway, I'll continue the story later.
Signing off,
The Traveler
Well, we arrived this morning! And man have I got a lot to tell you guys. I'm pretty much going to skip talking about the flight itself. It was at night so we couldn't see anything and all I did was watch Captain America and the Simpsons. All I'll tell you is about when 30 minutes before we landed, when the sun was rising up, I look down at the desert below. It looked like a sea, but we weren't anywhere near water. Isn't that crazy? It looked so flat from such a high altitude. It was really awesome. And then, as we see Dubai from above, I see the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa! Don't worry, I filmed some wicked footage of it, and that shall be posted later. But anyway. After we landed and got outta the airport, we began to drive our way to Abu Dhabi. Somebody had told us that the trip was short, like only 30 minutes. Well guess what? The trip between Dubai and Abu Dhabi is like 2 HOURS!!! And this is after a 6 hour plane trip. As you can tell, we weren't very happy about this. But wait, before I continue, let me explain a few things. For those of you people who are wondering, wait, I thought you guys were going to Dubai? Well, we were wrong. Dubai is the capital city of the UAE, and has the 7 star hotel and the tallest building in the world. Abu Dhabi is like that other one. It's a lot smaller, it's still getting developed and all, and it's pretty nice. The attention to detail in both cities is amazing. Everything is intricately carved and there are all of these wacky buildings, like one that leans and one that's top-heavy. One of the interesting things that I've noticed here is that the faces of the two princes and king of UAE is everywhere; in supermarkets, in camera stores, in malls, in KFCs. EVERYWHERE. Why? Well, it's kinda like law to have at least one picture of them if you have a public outlet or whatever. It's starting to get a little creepy, with their eyes following you wherever you go. It almost feels like your inside of 1984. But it is a monarchy and all, so I guess they have to enforce their rule somehow. :/. And things are so EXPENSIVE here! A paperback of I Am Number 4 is $14!!! Every product is at the least $10 more expensive than it should be. So my Dad isn't very happy. I'm not jumping for joy either. I had wanted to buy an XBox 360 wireless controller so I could play Shift 2 in style but it was like $50. It might actually be less expensive back in Nigeria! Before we went, all of these Nigerians had told us that it is cheaper to shop in Dubai than in Lagos, so we believed them. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE. But, anyway, I'll continue the story later.
Signing off,
The Traveler
