To a New City

Now in Dubai. Flight was on Emirates Airlines and took 3 hours. There was quite a delay to check in all passengers. All flights to Damascus from Dubai are full as people are doing their shopping in Damascus for dates and so on to prepare for Ramadan. These presumably are to be sold in Dubai. There were even two flights departing more or less at the same time leaving Damascus for Dubai.

The inside of the Emirates was quite amazing. It is such a modern plane with all the latest gadgets one could not imagine for a cost-cutting era for many airlines today. Emirates is really going all the way to make it really different from normal traveling.

Landed in Dubai, a place we don't really know much. Those many Bruneians in Oman know this place like they know their back of their hands, their normal shopping destination. The weather was hot. We always don't believe when looking at a weather forecast on Internet for places like Dubai. Normally they seldom publish actual temperature, not to scare off tourists. In most cases the published temperatures are 38 to 39 Deg. C maximum. When we landed at 5 pm, the temperature was 41 Deg. C. That is hot. We are not use to this level. When we went to the taxi bay, it was like an oven. The whole scenery looks hazy, not sure whether it is from the dust or just caused by the extreme temperature.

It will be a few days of exploring around. Not sure where to start with. May be one of those huge shopping mall. The place as I read through books is said to be an amazing place on earth. A new city for a new civilization. Looking around it definitely is.