Tall buildings, some more tall buildings, and some more tall buildings and some more and some more....

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Hello hello hello.

Well 3 days in Dubai and what can I say. Hmm... there is a lot of construction going on out here. I mean A LOT. I knew there would be some, but it's seriously incredible. These guys build Canary Wharf for breakfast and then double it for lunch and build 10 golf courses on it for dinner.

I've taken hundreds of pictures of half done buildings to try and capture this fact, but I can't do it justice and so I've only added a few.

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The Burj Dubai

The tallest building in the world. No one knows the final height - its kept top secret because a rival prince is also building one further up Dubai - they're having a little competition to see who can build the tallest building! Its rumoured to be around 800m ish. Pretty big.

If you look right at the top you can see the cranes. These are the sort of cranes that build entire buildings in the UK!! It takes about 10 minutes just to raise a steel girder to the top! Also, on the side of the building you can see the workers lifts! Now that would be something.

Check it out in comparison to some meager 40 storey buildings.

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Mall of the Emirates

Even the shopping malls here are massive. Sorry not just massive, but again, the biggest in the world (mall of the emirates). MOE is no ordinary mall, this comes complete with its on streets within it, the largest carpark I've ever seen and a ski slope, of course.

If you look in the first picture of the ski slope, on the left are the windows to the shopping mall. The shops are all laid out in groups and the group next to the skopes are the ski shops! For any keen ski-ers, there are some mega bargains! Obviously you can also grab a starbucks etc.

My pictures over the slopes were taken from the Apres Ski Bar. Hilarious. They serve fondue. Its such a brilliant idea, turn up in sandals, shorts and a t-shirt and go skiing.

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Carrefour

Even the shops are big in this place. I only got one shot before I was almost arrested - it seems Carrefour (Tesco equivalent) is very secret out here...!

Im about 1/3 of the way towards the end you can see in the picture - it was big.

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Cars

Anways, almost done, but before I go, those of you who know me will completely understand when I say that the highlight of my trip was the view of the garage chez daddy's. It was nice to turn up to this view outside the villa! 😊

The one under the cover is a ralleigh spec Caterham Seven Superlight. Yummy. There is also another super secret one I cant disclose, but one of the pictures gives it away. Again Yummy.

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Anyways, I'm going skiing now, so I'll add some more later. Apologies for the disorder of the page, havent quite got the hang of the formatting codes. But I'm on holiday, so perhaps a break from formatting will do me good.

Take care.

x

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Photos

The Burj Dubai
This building is already the tallest in the world and its only just about half way.

Yes, its pretty big
This gives a little more of an idea of the scale of this thing.

Burj vs. Citi
40 storeys suddenly seems pretty small.

Mall of the Emirates
Yes, the biggest mall in the world

Complete with its own Sloane Street
Weird

Who says you cant ski in the desert
And before you ask, yes it is the biggest indoor ski slope in the world.

My only complaint is the speed of the chair lift
Does that sound spoiled at all?
Images of me on the slopes to follow :)

Carrefour
Again big

The motors
BRROOOOOOM!

Papa Robinson
Top Secret Vehicle