We had arrived at the last city on our cruise itinerary: Dubai, UAE.
All of these gulf countries have a strange duality where they seem very fancy and exciting but there doesn't seem to be a lot to do besides go to malls. The cities are all fairly new so they don't have much going on in terms of historical or cultural sites it seems. Dubai does have nice malls though so we went there.
Lydia is always begging to hear about my lunch in the Burj Khalifa just one more time.
We parked our camel at Dubai Mall and ventured within.
We stopped at GIA for a quick taste.
Cherry Piccante
Maraschino cherry, chili infused ice, fresh mint leaves, sweet & sour mix, soda
GIA Truffle Fries
Crispy skin on fries, mushroom ragout, fresh black truffle, truffle oil
I always feel real naughty when I sneak into the non-Muslim section of the grocery store. Sorry god, that's where they keep all the good stuff.
Dubai Miracle Garden was odd but actually kind of exciting because it was clear that the place did not operate in the boundaries that I am familiar with, so I really had no idea what would be around the next corner.
Would there be giant horse heads?
Would there be a plane made out of flowers?
Would there be giant Smurfs everywhere for some reason? You really just never could tell.
They really did make it happen. I'm not sure exactly what "it" was, but it happened.
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