Dubai Guide

The future awaits.

The young history of Dubai has forever left an impression on me. I’m more inspired, and optimistic about what’s possible after visiting.

Activities:

Dune Safari
- I was really happy with this experience. It included transportation to and from the dunes, dune bashing (where the guide drives an SUV like a crazy person on the dunes), sand surfing, camel riding, and holding a falcon, their national bird.
Dubai Mall
- I’m not big into shopping but this mall is a must visit to walk around to see the shops, interior design, and get lost in this mini city.
Burj Khalifa
- Tallest building in the world as of the writing of this. Fun to look at and see the fountain show that’s below it.
Al Seef / Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood
- A wonderful historical area, one of the few, in Dubai. Stop into their date, spice, and Turkish delight shops. Negotiate for everything.
Sunset Beach

Eats:

Fruit Zone
- Chicken filo dough pastry, fried banana, sweet fried circle thing that was quite greasy.
Zaroob
- Shawarma fries, Za’atar Man’oushe.
Papri Chaat
- The best thing I had in Dubai. An incredible Indian street snack.
Laffah Restaurant
- Incredible lentil soup, hummus, mixed meat platter.
Aaraamam Restaurant
- Got their Indian fried bananas.
Parkers
- Located in the Dubai mall. Tried the Matilda cake which was good but not worth the price for value imo.

Unfortunately, my visit to collided with a 75 year record for rainfall, resulting in closed public transportation and a brief flight detour to Oman.

I also had some serious debit card trouble. Only to find after 6 customer support chats and 2 phone calls later that after you enter your four digit pin you need to enter 00 after it. There was no indication that a 6 digit pin was needed so this was quite confusing.

Dubai has their own version of Grab, Careem, which was quite helpful. I stayed in the Al Rigga area and enjoyed that location.

I really feel like I just scratched the surface of Dubai. Very excited to visit again.

Future: