For the next few blog posts, this will not be about the golfing adventures but rather the spur of the moment trip to Dubai I took last week Sept 17-Sept 24. After all, the title of this blog is "Living the Dream". Living the dream is more than just golf sometimes and this trip to Dubai was an example of that. With Olga's invite, I followed her for her last week in Dubai. You hear about Dubai in the media and how they portray it as the great new city of the world. Oil money I suppose is what runs this economy and it sure it evident how the United Arab Emirates has been able to build such a grand city in what was once a desert.
First day arriving, Kuya Jeff, Olga's uncle picked me up from the airport. From there, they were kind to let me stay at their place for a week. Not only that, despite their busy work schedule, ate Jona (Kuya Jeff's wife) and Kuya Jeff took Olga around on tours of the city. On the first day as this blog post will show, we went to Jumeirah Beach, Atlantis, took pictures by Burj Al Arab (Dubai's 7-star hotel), and ate authentic local food in Chalet. Pictures tell more stories so here they are. That's just the first day!
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| Dinner in Chalet |
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| Tallest Building Burj Khalifa |
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| Like a building from Ripleys Believe it or Not |
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| High Rises by the water |
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| Burj Al Arab |
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| In front of Atlantis Hotel on the Palm Island |
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