Shopping in Dubai

Dubai is much bigger than I thought. On the map, it looked like a few sections with many sites within the same areas. But I had not seen the scale! Hence, it could be pretty far from one site to another. Fortunately, there are inexpensive cabs and easy to use subways.

In the middle of the desert what else can one expect? Just lots of sand!
From top left: In the desert and doing sand dune bashing. Terrible experience. Worse than sea-sickness. Another case of "pay money to torture oneself"; Gregory on bike; so dry that a ship is stranded on land? (no, that's part of Dubai Museum); Gregory at beach (no photos allowed); dinner in bedouin tent in middle of desert.

Of course, there are lots of man-made stuff:
From top left:
Iconic building (didn't go in, must make dining appointment in advance); tallest building in the world (didn't go in too, must take shutter bus); inside a mall next to our hotel; Gold Souk; Dubai Creek; Ski slopes in the mall!; Inside Mall of Emirates; Nicholas loves spicy foods.

Back to the main topic - Shopping. Pretty amazing. Some bargains we had:
An italian made leather jacket for ladies - USD25
A motorbike leather jacket for men - USD60
A 16 megapixel camera with 4gb sdcard and HD video - USD90
A 7" made in china tablet - USD90
A branded laptop trolley bag - USD55
etc, etc from sales at boutiques, malls, factory outlets.....

Really the best shopping we had come across. Unfortunately (no, fortunately), Dubai is not nearer.