Saturday, February 18, 2017

A Glance Back

I have been to Dubai several time, but in this family trip I did several things for the first time.
Dubai keeps growing with new things, alluring visitors with its luxury and wow things.

We stayed in a luxury hotel, Movenpick Ibn Batuta Gate Hotel.
It was located about 30 minutes drive from Downtown Dubai, on the way to Abu Dhabi.
The hotel, the iconic gate and the shopping mall, all adopted the journey of Ibn Batuta, an old time traveler.
The hotel was a wow stay experience, with luxury and beautiful interior design.

I did desert safari several times in Qatar, but it was the first time I did in Dubai.
Dubai desert tour was more developed than Qatar.
More tour companies and more tourists.
There was a common desert camp, that most tour company use, which I think it's a good and efficient idea.
In the camp, all touristic activities, such as henna painting, camel ride, shows, and dinner were provided.
However, the desert itself, I think Qatar is prettier and quieter.

Dubai Park was just newly opened in mid December, just 2 weeks before we arrived.
We visited in promotion tickets that includes all 3 parks, but the park was so huge, that we got time only to visit 2 of them, Motion Gate and Bollywood Park. That was also many attractions were not opened yet that we got time to do 2 parks.
Motion Gate was a theme park celebrating Hollywood movies from several studios like DreamWorks, Sony's Pictures etc. Many attractions were not opened yet when we visited, like the main DreamWorks zone.
Bollywood Park was more ready to visit, I think all attractions were completed. While the ride attractions were not so appealing, the many dance shows were more enjoyful.
We also watched the musical Jaan-e-Jigar with additional pay in the spectacular place the Rajmahal Theater.
Though the act was in Hindi, we enjoy the wow setting and dancing on the stage.

We only had time to visit Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa, and Atlantis in Dubai Palm Jumeirah, but didn't have time to go to Mall of the Emirates and old town.

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