A Week in Dubai

Dubai is so full of money! Everything here is done to the nine's. The malls have huge aquariums, ice skating rinks and snow skiing hills. The first restaurant we ate at when we arrived was a sushi place in the mall. We sat near the window overlooking the ski hill. It was very neat. All the malls have the high end shopping like Ferragamo, Versace, Armani, Louis Vuitton, etc. The restaurants are amazing. We ate at this Moroccan restaurant in a hotel that was outstanding. The Moroccan wine, which I didn't know they made, was outstanding. They had huge tents in the courtyard you could sit at and eat. Like in Bahrain, only the hotel restaurants serve alcohol. The gold souq was awesome. It has lots of jewelry shops. You are just in awe the whole time by looking at diamonds after diamonds. However, the Bahrain souq is a little better, but the Dubai one is more crowded. The prices are so good. We also went on a ride in the desert and had a buffet meal planned for us with camel rides and belly dancing. It was very fun. The best shopping, however, is not in the malls, it's in the duty free at the airport. We always joke you could fly to Dubai, shop at the duty free, eat and fly home again. Dubai is only a 45 minute flight from Bahrain. The duty free has tons and tons of various wines I can't find here, caviar, cigars, alcohol, jewelry, clothes, books, movies, golf clubs, etc. It has everything. The restaurants in the airport are also very good. You can get seafood and caviar with champagne. Kenny and I ate at a sushi place where you can pick out the fish you want served to you. They also serve alcohol in the airport restaurants. Dubai is exciting, but go ready to shop, otherwise, there's not much to do besides shopping and eating!