Photo: The Burj Khalifa - the world's tallest building.
I am pleased to report that I had a smooth flight from Houston last week. I departed Houston's IAH Airport on Tuesday, Oct. 26 aboard Emirates 212 (Business Class, thankfully!!). We landed in Dubai after exactly 14 hours of flight time. In precisely one hour I was in my room at The Address Hotel - one of the newest hotels in Dubai. Despite what you hear about the financial crisis, hotel rooms in Dubai still are extremely high-priced! Including the 10% tax and 10% service charge, my room cost me about $425 PER NIGHT! I chose this hotel because it was right next to the world's tallest building - the Burj Khalifa. There are reported to be 160 floors total in this building. Visitors can only ascend as high as the 124th floor where there is an open air and an enclosed / air conditioned observation deck. Amazing views abound. The ride up takes only 60 seconds and costs 100 Dirhams (about $27 USD). Unless you are afraid of heights, I recommend this attraction. Book early in the day as time slots fill up fast. I purchased my ticket at 10 am and waited until 12 noon for my assigned time to ride the elevator up. I used the 2 hours strolling through the Dubai Mall to which my hotel is literally attached.
Some photos of my short (two-day) visit to Dubai are presented below. Enjoy - and PLEASE take some time to comment and share your thoughts!!
The Address Hotel (my room was on the 28th floor)
The Gold Souk (market) at the Dubai Mall, adjacent to my hotel.
Bloomingdales!! My mother's favorite store. When I was growing up in the BRONX (New York City), I shopped at Bloomingdales in New Rochelle so many times.
Emirates 212: Houston to Dubai in 14 hours.
Believe it or not, this is Baggage Claim at Dubai Airport's Terminal 3. Probably the fanciest baggage claim one will ever encounter anywhere!
8 comments:
thanks for posting~ so good to see the place that im longing to go for :)
Sarah:
Thank you for visiting my blog again!! And YES, Dubai is a fun place to visit - but one word of caution: it is EXPENSIVE!
Great job catching the scope of The Burj Khalifa! My LORD!!!!!! Modern day "Tower of Babel", eh? ; )
Have good, safe travels! : )
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