One World, One Family, One Festival
February 4, 2007
I had two back to back rocking trips to Dubai in the month of Jan. The trips were pretty exciting as I managed to see the 11th Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) which revolved around the theme of One World, One Family, One Festival. From malls to Global Village to new film releases I thoroughly enjoyed the shopping & entertainment extravaganza.
The best part of the trip was visit to Global Village. We stayed there for 8 hrs and covered nearly all the country pavilions. The entire world came under one roof, from Sudan to Greece, in 8 hrs I saw the entire world. Also saw some amazing fireworks. I had my life’s best time over there.
But I also experienced two major probs in Dubai – one the massive traffic jams & the other expensive cost of living. Traffic jams in khi are nothing in front of the jams I saw in Dubai. We are far far better off. The jams on Sheik Zayad road and the road that connects Dubai to Sharjah were the worst I had ever seen. But the taxi driver told me that this prob would get solved in 2008 as subway making inroads to the city. Apart from jams the taxi fares were dent on one’s wallet.
February 6, 2007 at 4:44 am
so ur travelling again????
i dont like dubai much anymore….not my home i guess….
February 7, 2007 at 5:21 pm
*wishes she cud have gone…magar stupid cbmmmmmmmmmmm argghhh*
yaar, ghoomna phirna sounds so much fun! magar jakar atleast bondu khan matt khao
n definitely not indian cuisine either… maybe some other stuff like dajaj tandoori or shawarma or hummus n pita (yummmmmmyyyy)
or even that wonderfully aromatic rice jiska naam mei bhool gai
v r better off in terms of traffic jams? thatz a good thing yaar… waise yahan bhi flyovers ki wajah se sab acha hogaya hei na
February 7, 2007 at 5:35 pm
yeah u right but peer presure forced to me to hav indian food…lolzzz
February 8, 2007 at 4:56 am
haha .. those two problems are in every big metropolitan city
Don’t tell me you haven’t seen Karachi. Dubai is still better behaved than most places. Also, the Dubai government never planned this much traffic, and there was a huge influx of people in the last three years. These problems were not here about a year and half ago.
Anyway
Let me know next time you are there 