dubai mall

Underwater Mini Cooper

September 26, 2011

I was at Dubai Mall, a.k.a. one of the largest mall in the world, a.k.a. a perfect place for heavily pregnant women – if they are the masochist type! “Where is the Kinokuniya Bookstore?”, I asked the concierge. Pristine was done with the Roald Dahl books she had at home and wanted to pick a [...]

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Driving in Dubai – wrong turns

December 9, 2010

I was in Dubai Mall yesterday during my lunch break and I called up the husband, Me: “Guess what, I am in Dubai Mall!” Hubs: *silence* Me: “By car silly! I drove all the way here!” Hubs: “Wow! Congratulations! You did it!…but wait, why are you sounding so dull?” Me: “Dude, you don’t wanna know…” [...]

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Favorite dancing fountain show

March 19, 2010

I love going to the Dubai Mall because of the Dubai Fountain. It’s free entertainment and I can watch it for hours, song after song. However, of all the fountain dancing songs played so far, this is my favorite. Time to say goodbye by Andrea Bocellie and Sarah Brightman. I think it’s the perfect accompaniment [...]

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Dubai Fountain video for your viewing pleasure

May 25, 2009

In case you missed the update to that Dubai fountain post last week pointing to the video of the Dubai fountain posted at my friend’s blog, here’s the video of the dancing Dubai Fountain, taken by my friend Stacey: Thank you Stacey for taking the video and letting me post this in my blog!

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Dubai fountain, finally caught you in action!

May 21, 2009

After our tour of the big ship and Stacey’s show at 7 pm, we took her ashore to see Dubai at night. In boat/ship lingo, going out of the ship to explore the land is called “going ashore”.  That phrase intruigued me as I always associated “going ashore” to “swimming to shore” from a dinghy boat [...]

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Day 4, Dubai Mall and checking out the monster

January 26, 2009

Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 Part 1 & Part 2 if you want to catch up with this series. It’s rather surprising – after a gruelling bout of migraine the day before and an almost sleepless night because of (single) bed sharing with Pristine, that I would wake up alive, alert and ready [...]

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Visiting Dubai Mall

November 24, 2008

The first weekend after the grand opening of the Dubai Mall was overwhelming. The crowd, the mall itself and of course, Dubai traffic! It was like there was a pilgrimage of sorts going on and all roads leading to the mall were packed. We went there just in time for the opening at 10 am. We always wake [...]

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Ritzy Dubai Mall gets desperate for opening

November 6, 2008

In a desperate attempt to open its doors on time, Dubai Mall gets really rough. Initial opening date was December 2007 then August 2008 and then moved to October 30, 2008. We visited the area a day before the supposed opening and found this: One lane road going to the entrance! It was packed with [...]

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