Posted in Dubai, Published on February 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The lesser known Dubai, in today’s HT Cafe… (as always, link valid only for a week, so read now, else see photo and sigh deeply in regret for having missed the article)
More photographs from the colors and chaos of Dubai here…
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Here is the article as I had originally written it…
Souk shopping in Dubai
In all the [...]
Posted in Dubai on January 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Dubai Shoppping Festival had just began – earlier than usual – when I went to Dubai. And it was the weekend before Christmas. Half the world seemed to have landed in Dubai at that time, to shop, and shop some more. One crazy evening at the maddeningly crowded Mall of Emirates, and I decided [...]
Posted in Dubai on January 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Pointing out through the window of his living room, G said, See that building there, the one with all the cranes…. that is going to be the tallest building in the world. I am guessing the look on my face said ‘how interesting, yaaaaawn’. Dubai is suddenly obsessed with being and building the largest, the [...]
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