Had an amazing lunch today at Shimmers beach bar and restaurant, overlooking the Burj Al Arab (Arabic for “Tower of the Arabs”), Dubai’s only self-proclaimed 7-star hotel. It was one of the earlier developments of modern Dubai, completed in 1999 at a cost of $1 Billion (seriously!?). Among one of the tallest hotels in the world, it is 1053ft (
321M) tall with 52 floors. It is designed to resemble the sail of a ship and, due to its architectural serendipity, 39% of its space is non-occupiable. It also boasts a helipad that is never used, accessible to its penthouse suites. In 2017, they repurposed it, creating a tennis court, bringing in André Agassi and Roger Federer for an exhibition match at a height of 689ft (210M). There are a total of 202 suites (no individual rooms) that start at $1200/night and top out at over $13,000/night for the penthouse suite.
Onward for a quick stop at the Mall of the Emirates and a glimpse of Ski Dubai, a 3-story indoor ski slope defying a torrid desert climate that often tops 110F.
Next stop . . . Dubai Global Village. The EPCOT like expo of countries.
Crazy! They’ll make anything out of sand here!
On the other hand, we see a Turkish coffee vendor selling shit that will keep you up all night . . .
Finished our evening at one of our fave French restaurants Etelier M. My meal tonight was lobster linguine made with “Maine lobster” — does that look like a Maine lobster? Tasty, yes. Maine lobster, no. I think this thing was closer to the shrimp family and never saw North American waters. Sad . . . :(
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