A visit to Dubailand
Posted in Only in Dubai and tagged with dubai, dubailand, uae on 11/19/2007 06:46 am by GraceIn a few years, a huge entertainment complex will spring out of the desert and become Middle East’s answer to Disneyland. Dubailand is one of the biggest construction projects in the world, with two billion square feet of land consisting of 45 separate projects from a space exploration exhibition to full-size dinosaur enclosure.
Dubailand includes the biggest shopping mall in the world, The Mall of Arabia, several new five-star hotels, an indoor ski slope, a complex of sports stadiums and an ecological dome to grow vegetation in the heart of the desert.
There will also be an equestrian centre, aviation display, modern art gallery, water amusement park, multi-cultural garden complex, the largest zoo in the Middle East and much more.
Right now, the area is mostly barren with some construction workers appearing here and there. Here are some photos of taken during our random pit- stop in Dubai land:
A weird building:
A rocket ready to launch?
A tiger, I bet bored and hungry.
Elephants!
A pair of long-necked friends.
A panda and a girl basking in the afternoon sun.
Dolphins doing acrobats!
Some lush vegetation:
… and a little girl eaten by a dolphin!
*All animals except the tiger are fake. The little girl and the everything green in the photos are real.*
More photos of Dubailand is found in Brian McMorrow’s page.
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November 19th, 2007 at 10:13 am
Amazing photos! Dubailand should be another reason to visit Dubai soon!
Pristine is so cute!
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November 19th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Aaaahhh!!! Don’t eat our Pristine, you glutonous swimming mammal! So cute, my inaanak =)
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November 19th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
That’s a great place… and it’s not crowded! A very good place to hang out.
I’m just wondering…since the place is deserted.. are all the stalls (especially food stalls) still open?
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November 19th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
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November 19th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
That does look like a very fun place to hang out!! And Pristine does make a very ‘cute’ meal!!
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November 20th, 2007 at 2:25 am
At first I thought all the a animals were real (well, except the shark). I was thinking that was a pretty unusual zoo! hee hee
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November 20th, 2007 at 7:41 am
Wow, that’s going to be some theme park when it’s done! Dubai likes to go all out on their building projects. You’ll have to post more pictures later when it’s all done. Ski in Dubai, what’s next?
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November 26th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Hi Grace:
Thanks for submitting your post to the Carnival of Family Life which I am hosting this week for the first time!
Have you considered hosting? It is a great deal of fun . . . check out the schedule at Colloquium.
Thanks for participating and blessings to you and yours this Thanksgiving weekend!
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