What is so great about this place? I guess Madonna was right-This is a Material World….
I probably would of never gone here if I did not have my friend Jessica and my friends Nathan and Suzy and Tyson and Allison living there as teachers. I really do not have anything against this place, but there is really no real history here and they get their reputation on oil and building the biggest buildings, and having the fanciest malls. I do not like the way they flaunt their wealth around, ie, the lower the license plate number, the more they have to pay for it. So literally people are paying heaps of money to get a license plate number with a low number on it so they can show off.
Ok enough of my bitching and complaining.
I actually had a great time here because of my friends. I stayed for a few days with my friends Tyson and Allison and we did a little bit of everything. They book me around the the most popular Mosque there-the Sheikh Zeyad Mosque and it was quite impressive. We decided to take a trip to Ferrari World which was not that impressive, but the most impressive thing about it was riding the worlds fastest roller coaster which literally blew my glasses off. I then spent a day with Tyson going golfing which I am proud to say I still suck at and vow never to play again in my life…..
After a few nights with them, I went with my friend Jessica whom I had the pleasure of growing up with back home in El Paso and we went to Dubai for the night. She took me to some crazy malls, as well as the worlds tallest building-the Burj Khalifa. Lets just say it was pretty high up so I got a wee bit scared!!!!! She took me out at night to have drinks (expensive as sin), but we overall had a great time!!!! The next day we went to what seemed like the biggest flower garden in the world. When I say big, just look at the pictures….
We then went back to Abu Dhabi and went to a small mall to get groceries and then she took me around to some of the different places they hang out at. We also had the chance to go to a heritage village place which was very nice and away from the city. I also had the chance to run into a lady that I knew in El Paso with her son that I used to coach. They were staying at a hotel and I was at the same hotel in the bar downstairs. Who would of guessed!!!!
Would I go back here? I try to avoid it, even though I did for a conference, but really didn’t do too much. I prefer going to places with history that are not so expensive, but to each is own….