Dubai - First Full Day

Woke up and went to the gym.

Then met my co-worker at 11 and we went to the Mall of the Emirates. The biggest mall outside of the US. I guess the US loves shopping that much.

While waiting for the cab in the blistering, humid heat, we got a look at the Burj Dubai. The tallest building in the world.


The mall is large, but honestly looks like South Coast plaza just with a major cosmopolitan customer base. Honestly a common question everyone asks here is: "Where are you from?"


The place has a big electronics wing and we saw this baby:


It's ginormous! 103" Plasma. It's like the TV in Barney Stensen's apartment.

Then after a while we actually took it upon ourselves to experience indoor skiing/snowboarding.


I was REALLY bad, man I'm horrible at snowboarding. Forgot how to do everything. I crashed pretty hard a few times, but it's okay. A good crash is good for the soul.


Truly Dubai is a crazy and extravegant place. So many people, and amazing things to see. We had dinner with our Dubai office co-worker who took us out and gave us history and background on Dubai. It's super interesting how the royalty just says, "I want a chinatown, build me a china town in 6 months" and literally 6 months later, a whole section of dubai is dedicated to a chinatown completely with a mall built in the shape of a dragon with all chinese vendors inside. Who has that kind of power?

Anyways, tomorrow hoping to see the Burj Al-Arab before I head home. The world's only 7-star hotel and it costs $50 just to walk thru the front door.

More later.