I spent my last holiday this year in the United Arab Emirates. I was always interested in finding out how people live over there and how the current economic situation is affecting the country. There are so many documentaries about the impressive hotels, but seeing everything with your own eyes is always more valuable.
Arrival at Dubai airport. Toilets in different countries are always an interesting discovery. The first thing you see after closing the door is a shower head next to the toilet. First you ask yourself if this is actually to have a shower, but very soon you realise what it is for...!
We quickly realised that a lot of Indians live in Dubai, and so our first meal happened to be in an Indian restaurant, although we didn’t know it at the time. We had a spicy side dish with some oily bread, and a cup of very sweet tea. Some Indians came and asked us several times if we liked the dish, and observed us watching it. It seemed as if they wanted to convince us that Indian food is the best food in the world, or maybe they were just surprised that tourists were eating there, as we were not staying in a very touristy part of Dubai.
We headed into the city to admire all the tall skyscrapers, the beautiful skyline of the Business Bay and of course the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa. The city is quite spectacular, however my admiration was quite short lived, as after seeing the tall buildings and tourist attractions there is not really any historical culture to experience due to the relative youth of the city, as well as the speed at which it was built.
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