Thursday, October 23, 2014

Wonderbus

Out of everything awesome in Dubai, this would probably the one that I want Philippines to have, WONDERBUS. I mean, really. A bus that could travel through land and water! Going back and forth to Mindoro wouldn't be that much of a pain from transferring to car then ship then car again. 

You know you're having a great tour when your Sudanese tourist guide speaks fluently in Tagalog. He started his little intro speaking Arabic and I was like "Uggghhhh. Not again." And surprise surprise, he greeted us Filipinos (who are pabida in front) with legit straight Tagalog. As he showed us around, he spoke Arabic, English and Filipino. We later found out that he used to study college in UP Manila and he took Medicine. Aaah no wonder. 

We sailed along Dubai Creek in Deira, had a little glimpse on the history of Dubai, got shocked with the price of a glass of juice in Burj Al Arab (Php 333, 839 lang naman) and covered half of my swollen face as we took photos. 


Parked @ BurJuman

Wonderbus!

Where the magic happens

Selfie with Mommy who's super excited. Oh wait, look at my swollen face

Mmkaay. Conceal, don't feel, don't let then know

Oh there you are, Captain!

Land

Do your thang, Captain!

En route to Deira

About to sail!

Water

Oh Captain, my Captain!








Mommy's turista pose

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Back to BurJuman

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Dubai Mall & Burj Khalifa

As if my feet are not sore enough from walking, we took the metro and head off to the world's largest shopping mall, Dubai Mall. IT WAS MASSIVE. Everything you could ever think of is there, even dinosaur bones. It was that bizarre. Oh, not to mention sharks and sting rays. But the highlight of me going to this mall is having a small talk to some guy by the DubaiDino who has the freshest breath ever. No kidding. 

Since we're at Dubai Mall already, we went to see Dubai's identifier... Burj Khalifa. They weren't lying when they tagged it the tallest man-made structure in the world. Imagine going to work everyday on the 163th floor. Those tall buildings nearby ain't got nothin' on Khalifa (no relation to Wiz Khalifa). 

To top it all off, I saw right in front of my eyes the world's largest choreographed fountain, The Dubai Fountain. Goosebumps.

Ayaw magpakabog. Laging world's tallest/largest!

About to enter Dubai Mall from the metro

View from the metro


@ Kinokuniya

And so it goes on

Ziggy & Sharko

Nemo's teacher!

Fish are friends.. not food!

I have a thing for ceilings

Wishing we could swim with the sharks

Can we, lil fella?

I had to


Dubai Aquarium

The Souk

Another shot of ceiling

Piktyur tayo, Mami!

Woops! Another shot of a ceiling

DubaiDino

Dinosaurs are REAL

Souvenir shop

Queuing for Turkish dessert

Dinner!


Di naman pala kalakihan charr

Lost

The Address

OK. Whoa

:)

Waiting for the show

City

Casually sailing

Here it is!!! (the only decent photo I took, was filming)