See Dubai and die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ever heard that? Well been there, seen it, and lived!
Seriously! its a wonder! you have to see it yourself to get the gist. Most people just know about Dubai as a tax free zone and only think about shopping and all. Its much more than shopping and business.

I boarded my Qatar Airways flight enroute to Dubai via Doha. I didnt get to see much of Qatar though as i was just changing planes there. My first impression of Dubai was at the passport control. I saw people in their numbers and then i knew there must really be something about Dubai.

The down side for a Naija girl like me was the heat, it was sooo hot and it felt like the sun was shining and it was like 10pm! So you can imagine, i was going from heat to heat! (Naija peeps in d house) I started the next morning on a shopping trip to the Diera City Center. Yeah Yeah i'm a girl.... i like shopping!...... naturally i would wanna check out the shops. Its not one of Dubai's biggest but it is quite big and standard. Shops ranging from H & M (My fav casual clothing shop) to Calvin Klien.

Ok Ok now to the sight seeing and sturvz. I took a bus tour of Dubai and saw all the really nice buildings and all, the tallest building in the world (still under construction though, but its already the tallest and still going!), the Bruj Al Arab (Now thats a sight to behold), the palace of the Ruler of Dubai, the Dubai Museum, the man made sea, the Diera palm, the diera creek, the spice souk and Gold souk too! i have never seen soo many Gold shops in one place. Pity i am not a gold freak so i didn't get any gold atall :-)

The high point of my visit though was the Desert Safari! Oh! My God!!!!! The experience is second to none. It gets your adrenalin way up! My excitment started with my really really fine safari driver "Ali" mnnn mnnn! he was soooo fine! He was probably wondering why this naija girl kept staring at him, whatever! i stared and stared until i had a mental image of him imprinted in my head hehehehehehehe.

We went over dunes and dunes of desert sand at high speed, it was crazy! it felt like going on a roller coaster ride in the sand! there were times i thought the car was gonna go over and roll down, but fine Ali knew his stuff. Then i had a buffet in the desert, and went to see belly dancing! and also had Henna done on my hand!

The Mall of the Emirates is another really nice mall to visit. It's way bigger than the Diera City Center and has all the major shops and more. The most interesting thing for me at the Mall of the Emirates though was the Ski Pavillion. All artificial snow and the temp in there was -3 deg i think! so for all you ski enthusiasts!

And the food! how could i forget the food! i had all sorts!  for all the malls i went to, i always went to the maps and traced the food courts! i had Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, and Thai!

Anyways i should stop gushing about Dubai. For those of you who hope to visit, what am i saying, y'all should visit. Make sure you visit the Wild Wadi, the malls, go on the Dhow Cruise, Desert Safari, the city tour and visit the local markets too