GOLD! Unearthing Ibn Battuta’s Stash in Dubai Sleep is overrated anyway Before I start, let me say that there is no place in the world like Dubai. The goal of this city is to have it all: the biggest, baddest, largest, tallest, funnest, costliest, and any other superlative you can think of. It will have the world’s tallest building, the Burj Dubai, in a matter of years—it is predicted that this building will top the Taipei 101 in Taiwan (509 meters) by more than 200 meters. It has the world’s only 7-star hotel, the Burj Al Arab (although to be accurate, they appointed themselves a 7-star hotel but their real rating is 5-star luxury). The plan is to build the world’s largest mall, the world’s largest Disney Theme Park and Resort. They are building one of
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