Dubai... Home to the world's only 7* hotel, an ever-increasing number of skyscrapers, and what must surely be the only ski-slope in the desert! These attractions will soon be joined by the world's tallest building, the world's largest mall, and the world's first underwater hotel. From start to finish, it is clear that Dubai is a city of extremes. The discovery of oil in the 1960s has caused a transformation to what must surely be one of the most modern cities on the planet. We arrived here on Saturday evening on a Singapore Airlines flight from Istanbul. After clearing customs and finding our luggage, we took a taxi to the Panorama Deira, where we were allocated a room which was bigger and nicer than we had dared to hope for. Unfortunately, as soon as we switched
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