UAE (Dubai) Photos

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“We had a one-day layover in Dubai, September 30, 2011.”

From United Arab Emirates (Dubai), posted by Arlo Midgett on 10/05/2011 (40 items)

: Killing time, early morning at the Dubai International Airport

: Hmm. Something not right here.

: Ski Dubai Indoor ski resort under the desert sun!

: Posing in our rental ski suits

: Oksana poses better than I do

: Self portrait on the lift

: No lines

: Going up the chairlift

: A little slope in the background

: Windows into the mall

: Totes rad, dudes

: World Game Championship in Dubai

: Looking down on the Playstation 3 setup

: Going from 4 degrees to 100+ is not healthy for your camera

: Dubai is a space-age construction mecca (not “Mecha,” unfortunately.)

: Mirrors inside camera were still a little fogged

: There’s just, like, this huge aquarium in THE MALL

: Funky shark

: Windows to the other side

: There’s an ATM in Dubai that lets you withdraw money as gold. GOLD!

: Across from the Burj Khalifa

: The huge structure leaning into frame from the right is the Burj Khalifa

: Looking up the world’s tallest structure

: Oksana noticed the reflection of the Burj Khalifa

: I don’t know if the sheer scale of this thing comes through in these photos (so I pic…

: Self portrait at the base I so wanted to ride up to the observation floor, but we wai…

: There you go. Those are probably 20-story buildings at the base!

: Catching the sun

: Boy, this looks a little familiar: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150251913…

: On top of The Big Bus

: Standing up for a shot of the skyline

: Panorama crop

: Sense of scale? Check.

: Got a lot of great shots from the bus that evening…

: …funny thing was, we weren’t even supposed to be on it.

: Bus ride ended at the Wafi Mall (Egyptian theme), but no one told us and driver (appa…

: As we drove out of the city, without hearing any tour recordings in our headphones, w…

: Turns out, the tour ended at 5:30pm. When the driver stopped for gas, I went downsta…

: I just like the Subway logos in foreign languages

: The malls are so huge in Dubai, they need airport-like signs to guide you from place …

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