The view from our room first thing in the morning was of the Buji Khalifa reaching 828 metres into the record book as the current tallest building in the world. It is an impressive sight with the sun reflecting off it's shiny exterior. Taking off in it's direction, there was a great view over the large pond (rather man-made lake) which lay in front of it. However, we headed into the large Dubai Mall in search of the "Hop on Hop off" bus as a means of exploring this city.
We took off on the route which headed towards the beach resort part of town. We got a close up view of Burj Al Arab, a seven-star hotel with rooms starting at $5000 per night. Next stop was The Palm. This region is a man-made island shaped like a palm that is five km long and five km wide. On each of the palm fronds are real estate strips with residential homes, each with their own beach. The centre strip has residential apartments and five star hotels. At the end is Atlantis The Palm Hotel where we jumped off to see "The Lost Chambers" which was a large aquarium.
Next stop was at the Mall of the Emirates which apart from being another gigantic shopping mall, houses Ski Dubai - an indoor ski resort. Tempted to take to the slopes, I opted instead to have dinner in a restaurant overlooking the resort.
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