{"id":1865,"date":"2017-06-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2024-12-13T12:57:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:57:37","slug":"the-dubai-stopover-a-quick-visit-to-dubai-and-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/the-dubai-stopover-a-quick-visit-to-dubai-and-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dubai Stopover: A Quick Visit to Dubai and Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1865\" class=\"elementor elementor-1865\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c60529 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31c60529\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd8e206 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fd8e206\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-774a9036 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"774a9036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Dubai Stopover: A Quick Visit to Dubai and Abu Dhabi<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-310f0eb e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"310f0eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2762f1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2762f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Dubai stopover is becoming a travel essential, and I was feeling left out. But then it happened. I went to Dubai to meet my friend Kathy and the others I was going with to Africa. My stopover would be three days, a day alone while I waited, and then day tours of both Dubai and Abu Dhabi before heading to Zambia. How much could I learn about these places that had sprung from the desert in my lifetime? It turns out not a lot, but I left with a better plan for my next stopover, if there is one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e064edb e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e064edb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccce624 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ccce624\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2158f92b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2158f92b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dubai<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-530df192 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"530df192\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e407ed elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49e407ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dubai is a good place to gather, easy to get to. The airport is one of the world\u2019s busiest. And that\u2019s just the beginning of the superlatives \u2013 because everything in Dubai and Abu Dhabi intends to be the biggest, the most expensive, the most audacious. The tallest building, the biggest shopping malls, everything super-scale. Luxurious resorts, houses and apartments. Palm-shaped artificial islands. An island map of the world under way in Dubai. Louvre and Guggenheim outposts still trying to get a foothold in Abu Dhabi. Dubai has also become a medical care destination \u2013 US travelers will recognize many clinic names. Abu Dhabi has determined to be green, as in foliage, and has large, irrigated green spaces with shady trees. It doesn\u2019t stop. My hope was that I could glimpse another dimension, too.<\/p><p>I arrived at midnight, delivered by a pink (women only) taxi to the JW Marriott hotel. It\u2019s the world\u2019s tallest hotel. Had to be. It\u2019s in Dubai. I tried out the Arabic greetings I\u2019d learned in Jordan on people who didn\u2019t speak Arabic. They didn\u2019t need to. All the hotel associates I met were from somewhere else, like most of Dubai\u2019s workforce. Natasha from Italy welcomed me, Yves and Rutendo from Cameroon and Zimbabwe were cheery at breakfast. At every turn, a different nationality. English was lingua franca.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c07ec e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c07ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c923cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"15c923cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Burj-Al-Arab.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1868\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Burj-Al-Arab.jpg 378w, https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Burj-Al-Arab-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb2bc1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bb2bc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Burj Al Arab<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba693dc e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ba693dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e501f82 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e501f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My plan to discover Dubai\u2019s other dimension got off to a slow start the next morning. Deciding what to eat for breakfast in the seven-cuisine buffet took time. Drinking good coffee couldn\u2019t be rushed. Later, I had a protracted high tea in one of the hotel\u2019s restaurants. When I did venture out, I got into a taxi at the door and was delivered back to the doorstep without knowing what direction I\u2019d been. In Dubai, you can\u2019t simply walk around and enjoy a city. So being at the hotel was <em>something to do.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-060bf32 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"060bf32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a43fa0 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a43fa0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7e2f73 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7e2f73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dubai Mall and Aquarium<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e43db8f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e43db8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fc686b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fc686b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And when I finally stepped out, it was to a mall, exactly where I intended not to go. It wasn\u2019t enough that hotel staff recommended this as recreation; I\u2019d forgotten my lens hood. It was fate. A Dubai shopping mall. I thought that going to a mall was a form of defeat but it turned out well enough. First things first. It took a while to orient myself in this place with its 1,200 stores and almost 6 million square feet of interior space. Lessons from scouting came in handy. Where was north? Where was the Burj Khalifa, the world\u2019s tallest building? At last, using mall maps and dead reckoning, I found a photo store, but it was only after being sent elsewhere twice that I found the right size lens hood. And it never did work quite right.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d1ae9a e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d1ae9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ad830d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ad830d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Burj-Khalifa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1869\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Burj-Khalifa.jpg 378w, https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Burj-Khalifa-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d26aa elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72d26aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Burj Khalifa\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d46d84 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3d46d84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e337d26 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e337d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mission accomplished and now invested in the mall trip, why leave? It was cool inside the mall and I was short on ideas for other things to do. The Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo is conveniently within the mall, so I bought one of the ticket options without studying what it included. There are 300 species in the aquarium and even so the best part of the visit was that it turned out my ticket included 15 minutes behind the scenes where a guide talked about the science supporting the exhibits. You should buy that ticket, too. As you enter the aquarium, a man shoots the usual souvenir pictures in front of a green screen. I bought one of them when I left, of me standing in the wraparound aquarium \u201ctunnel\u201d surrounded by sharks. I think it\u2019s rather cute \u2013 I had on lipstick and looked rested. That was to change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e053846 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e053846\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de188f0 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de188f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef4945a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef4945a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dubai\u2019s Oldest Building<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f832c79 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f832c79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e95d39f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e95d39f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After the aquarium, I talked to the concessionaire but didn\u2019t buy a ticket to the top of the Burj Khalifa \u2013 world\u2019s tallest building, world\u2019s highest office floor, fastest elevator, most windows, etc., etc. I walked outside, crossed the artificial lagoon and admired the tower. Back inside the mall, I was lured by a familiar sound \u2013 and yes, it was a Zamboni resurfacing the mall\u2019s ice rink. I was tempted but didn\u2019t skate. Instead, I wandered around people-watching. This is where to see real Emiratis, a man had told me. Shopping. Strolling. I observed carefully. Finally, a Lebanese lunch at the mall\u2019s huge food court and then back to the hotel. As I waited there for the others, I had high tea and mused about Day 1 over cakes and sparkling wine. I concluded that there are many amusements at hotels and you actually can go to shopping malls for recreation. I didn\u2019t learn much about life in Dubai, though.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c85ccf e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c85ccf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85bdb80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85bdb80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dubai-Museum.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1870\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dubai-Museum.jpg 378w, https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dubai-Museum-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7045933 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7045933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dubai Museum<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-459a3b2 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"459a3b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc7646 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5cc7646\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a71df0 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a71df0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Old Dubai and the Souks<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e45ca9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8e45ca9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9793130 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9793130\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What was here before the cities started gobbling up the desert? (Goodbye, wonder gecko.) The place to go for this is the Dubai Museum in the Al Fahidi historic district where low-rise restored buildings with their wind towers line streets leading to the museum, housed in a 1787 fort, the oldest building in Dubai. There\u2019s also a great camel burger at a restaurant along the street, but now I was on a day tour and didn\u2019t have a chance to try it. There are models of local boats outside the museum, and inside, dioramas in the dark, small galleries depict Dubai\u2019s past as a fishing and pearling village. There\u2019s revealing archaeological and geological information. I wish I\u2019d brought my little flashlight. This was something I wanted to know about; only I couldn\u2019t assimilate it all in the limited time allotted. But then I was satisfied to know for sure there was a past, and a long one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9571ff1 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9571ff1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-673266c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"673266c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Camel-Milk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1871\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Camel-Milk.jpg 378w, https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Camel-Milk-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5194374 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5194374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Five new and delicious flavors\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5066fab e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5066fab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5b8f18 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5b8f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The souks might also have introduced another Dubai, but both the spice and gold souks were a little disappointing, although I wouldn\u2019t skip them. The spice souk was partly sand bottles, garish sheeshas, cheap souvenirs and annoying hawkers who wanted to wrap me in scarves. But some shops offered foodstuffs, household goods and other items useful to locals, and it\u2019s where I found the five new flavors of camel milk, which I could have bought but didn\u2019t. Wimp. The gold souk was the more disappointing, maybe because the phrase \u201cgold souk\u201d conjures up a glittery image from Arabian Nights. Along with the hawkers there was plenty of gold jewelry in what I thought were outdated designs but that evidently still appeal to someone. I liked the jumble of trucks, crates, people and trading companies outside the souks. They suggested a normal if chaotic city, and taking a water taxi on the Dubai creek as competing Imams called to prayer gave me a passing sense of another way of life. But in the end, I gleaned only the slightest feeling of what life is and was like away from the shining towers.<\/p><p><strong>Expat life.<\/strong> If you have a connection to someone in Dubai, try to get together with them while you\u2019re stopping. Enjoy renewing your acquaintance and learn more about Dubai, too. I was lucky to join my friend Kathy for a night out with Ecaterina, former business student of one of Kathy\u2019s close friends, and now concierge manager at the newest Jumeriah resorts property. We met in the pretty lobby of the Jumeirah Al Naseem and went via water taxi to dinner at a Thai restaurant on one of the resort canals, a pleasant Venice-inspired setting. From the restaurant we took an electric cart to the Burj Al Arab hotel with its dhow-reminiscent shape and soaring atrium, where we had drinks at the Gold On 27 restaurant. So much gold leaf, everything designed to glow. Our table overlooked the city lights, world\u2019s tallest building hidden by haze, we ourselves surrounded by shimmering curtains of translucent fibers decorated with gold. Superb. But best of all was visiting with Ecaterina, hearing about her life in Dubai and listening as she and Kathy caught up. A day tour won\u2019t do this for you. It was a glimpse into a life as I know it, more exotic, but with familiar daily rhythms of work and recreation existing there in Dubai somewhere.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-153636b e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"153636b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-184a5dd e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"184a5dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfb3cda elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dfb3cda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Abu Dhabi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be1f30f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"be1f30f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d559e36 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d559e36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Can it be? Abu Dhabi is more opulent than Dubai. Abu Dhabi\u2019s oil wealth shows, even if the vagaries of oil prices have some projects moving in slow motion. Here are a couple of Abu Dhabi sights.<\/p><p><strong>Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.<\/strong> The visit I recommend most in Abu Dhabi. Huge \u2013 the mosque holds 10,000 worshipers inside and 30,000 in outside areas. Its 82 domes and marble-clad walls are brilliant white in the Gulf sun, all reflected in tiled pools. Inside is contrastingly colorful, with painted Islamic designs, the great chandeliers, and a green carpet with an herbal motif that\u2019s the largest hand-knotted carpet in the world. Of course. The largest chandelier weighs 12 tons. Each is gilded with 24 carat gold and decorated with thousands of colorful Swarovski crystals. Close your eyes and imagine.<\/p><p>You must comply with the dress code to visit. I had only one garment with long sleeves, an opaque, multi-functional exercise cum PJ shirt. I wore it. It looked fine. One woman didn\u2019t wear long sleeves and our guide encased her in a white robe with a Delft-like blue design and tight neck. She complained, but later joked that she looked like a tablecloth. She did. Another woman had to rent an abaya because someone in security objected to her shirt, which looked good to us. So be aware.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e81f4e e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e81f4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ed2aaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ed2aaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheikh-Zayed-Grand-Mosque-courtyard.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1872\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheikh-Zayed-Grand-Mosque-courtyard.jpg 378w, https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sheikh-Zayed-Grand-Mosque-courtyard-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1352d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb1352d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the courtyard\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d85b0 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62d85b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb9728b e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb9728b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7419f3f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7419f3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Emirates Palace Hotel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ec88f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"93ec88f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b259190 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b259190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We had high tea at Emirates Palace. Like everything else in Abu Dhabi, the hotel has superlatives. Enormous. Glittering. I won\u2019t try to list more. The tea lounge was big, pretty and relaxing; the floral displays inventive; the music live. And gold flakes were scattered on the signature cappuccino I ordered. Maybe others drink gold flakes often but it was a first for me.<\/p><p><strong>Trip date:<\/strong> May 2017<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3db9023 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3db9023\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07ada91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07ada91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mosque-Light.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1873\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mosque-Light.jpg 378w, https:\/\/lineontravel.com\/website_6fa5d958\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mosque-Light-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae78fd2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae78fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the courtyard\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dubai Stopover: A Quick Visit to Dubai and Abu Dhabi The Dubai stopover is becoming a travel essential, and I was feeling left out. But then it happened. I went to Dubai to meet my friend Kathy and the others I was going with to Africa. My stopover would be three days, a day alone while I waited, and then day tours of both Dubai and Abu Dhabi before heading to Zambia. How much could I learn about these places that had sprung from the desert in my lifetime? It turns out not a lot, but I left with a better plan for my next stopover, if there is one. Dubai Dubai is a good place to gather, easy to get to. The airport is one of the world\u2019s busiest. And that\u2019s just the beginning of the superlatives \u2013 because everything in Dubai and Abu Dhabi intends to be the biggest, the most expensive, the most audacious. The tallest building, the biggest shopping malls, everything super-scale. Luxurious resorts, houses and apartments. Palm-shaped artificial islands. An island map of the world under way in Dubai. Louvre and Guggenheim outposts still trying to get a foothold in Abu Dhabi. Dubai has also become a medical care destination \u2013 US travelers will recognize many clinic names. Abu Dhabi has determined to be green, as in foliage, and has large, irrigated green spaces with shady trees. It doesn\u2019t stop. My hope was that I could glimpse another dimension, too. I arrived at midnight, delivered by a pink (women only) taxi to the JW Marriott hotel. It\u2019s the world\u2019s tallest hotel. Had to be. It\u2019s in Dubai. I tried out the Arabic greetings I\u2019d learned in Jordan on people who didn\u2019t speak Arabic. They didn\u2019t need to. All the hotel associates I met were from somewhere else, like most of Dubai\u2019s workforce. Natasha from Italy welcomed me, Yves and Rutendo from Cameroon and Zimbabwe were cheery at breakfast. At every turn, a different nationality. English was lingua franca. Burj Al Arab My plan to discover Dubai\u2019s other dimension got off to a slow start the next morning. Deciding what to eat for breakfast in the seven-cuisine buffet took time. Drinking good coffee couldn\u2019t be rushed. Later, I had a protracted high tea in one of the hotel\u2019s restaurants. When I did venture out, I got into a taxi at the door and was delivered back to the doorstep without knowing what direction I\u2019d been. In Dubai, you can\u2019t simply walk around and enjoy a city. So being at the hotel was something to do. Dubai Mall and Aquarium And when I finally stepped out, it was to a mall, exactly where I intended not to go. It wasn\u2019t enough that hotel staff recommended this as recreation; I\u2019d forgotten my lens hood. It was fate. A Dubai shopping mall. I thought that going to a mall was a form of defeat but it turned out well enough. First things first. It took a while to orient myself in this place with its 1,200 stores and almost 6 million square feet of interior space. Lessons from scouting came in handy. Where was north? Where was the Burj Khalifa, the world\u2019s tallest building? At last, using mall maps and dead reckoning, I found a photo store, but it was only after being sent elsewhere twice that I found the right size lens hood. And it never did work quite right. Burj Khalifa Mission accomplished and now invested in the mall trip, why leave? It was cool inside the mall and I was short on ideas for other things to do. The Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo is conveniently within the mall, so I bought one of the ticket options without studying what it included. There are 300 species in the aquarium and even so the best part of the visit was that it turned out my ticket included 15 minutes behind the scenes where a guide talked about the science supporting the exhibits. You should buy that ticket, too. As you enter the aquarium, a man shoots the usual souvenir pictures in front of a green screen. I bought one of them when I left, of me standing in the wraparound aquarium \u201ctunnel\u201d surrounded by sharks. I think it\u2019s rather cute \u2013 I had on lipstick and looked rested. That was to change. Dubai\u2019s Oldest Building After the aquarium, I talked to the concessionaire but didn\u2019t buy a ticket to the top of the Burj Khalifa \u2013 world\u2019s tallest building, world\u2019s highest office floor, fastest elevator, most windows, etc., etc. I walked outside, crossed the artificial lagoon and admired the tower. Back inside the mall, I was lured by a familiar sound \u2013 and yes, it was a Zamboni resurfacing the mall\u2019s ice rink. I was tempted but didn\u2019t skate. Instead, I wandered around people-watching. This is where to see real Emiratis, a man had told me. Shopping. Strolling. I observed carefully. Finally, a Lebanese lunch at the mall\u2019s huge food court and then back to the hotel. As I waited there for the others, I had high tea and mused about Day 1 over cakes and sparkling wine. I concluded that there are many amusements at hotels and you actually can go to shopping malls for recreation. I didn\u2019t learn much about life in Dubai, though. Dubai Museum Old Dubai and the Souks What was here before the cities started gobbling up the desert? (Goodbye, wonder gecko.) The place to go for this is the Dubai Museum in the Al Fahidi historic district where low-rise restored buildings with their wind towers line streets leading to the museum, housed in a 1787 fort, the oldest building in Dubai. There\u2019s also a great camel burger at a restaurant along the street, but now I was on a day tour and didn\u2019t have a chance to try it. 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