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January 22nd 2013

Published: January 22nd 2013

January 5th, 2013 - After a very short layover in Bahrain, we finally made it to Dubai to meet up with the rest of our MBA class from the University of Iowa. What we arrived to was very different than what we had experienced over the past 6 days. Dubai is a very modern city with tall buildings, wide roads, and construction projects on nearly every corner. It wasn't going to have the historical... Read Full Entry

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Mike on the water taxi

Dubai

The Gold Market

a whole market of jewelers

Dinner cruise on the Creek

Mike on the dinner cruise

our entertainment

a "frog dancer" on the dinner cruise

Dubai Chamber of Commerce

view from the Chamber of Commerce

in the mall

Jebel Ali Free Zone

University of Sharjah

Sharjah is another one of the seven Emirates just north of Dubai

University of Sharjah

Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization

Dubai's Royal Family residence

President of UAE on left, President of Dubai on right

These pictures hang in every building. On the left is Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan; president of Abu Dhabi and the UAE. On the right is Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum; president of Dubai and Prime Minister of UAE.

Ferrari World

Ferrari theme park. Home to the worlds fastest roller coaster

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