Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Pusong Gala

Sabi ko dati, kahit marami ang pwedeng pasyalan dito sa Dubai, hindi rin nakaka-inspired ang gumala kung wala ka naman kasama o kung wala kang pera. Mas nakakalulungkot ang walang makakasama kasi ang pera pwede mong utangin o hiramin pero ang makakayag ay hindi katulad ng damit sa sampayan ng pwede mong hablutin kahit anong oras o softdrinks sa ref na pwede mong laklakin kung ikaw eh nauuhaw. Pinakamalungkot, yun mawalan ka ng pareho.

Kahapon, nawalan kami ng internet connection, pati tubig na pampaligo. Ewan kung sinadya kaya nawalan ako ng choice kung hindi ang lumabas ng bahay para magpalipas ng oras kahit na hindi pa nagshoshower. Tamang opening din pala ng Dubai Mall, kaya hayun, kinain ko ang mga sinabi ko ng hindi ako maglilibot nang mag-isa. Nakisabay ako sa pagbubukas ng pinakamalaking mall sa buong mundo. As usual, naglakad na naman ko ng pagkahaba haba para lang mapuntahan ang nasabing mall. Along the way, marami pa akong ibang namasdan. Heto nga pala ang mga pictures kuha ko sa mall, pati na rin yung iba ko pang nakunan habang naglalakad:


Ito ang Central Business District ng Dubai, ang Sheik Zayed Road. ____________________________________________________________________________
Ito naman ang Dubai World Trade Center Building. ____________________________________________________________________________
Ito ang twin buildings ng Emirates Tower, the right tower is currently the 16th tallest in the world. ____________________________________________________________________________
Ito ang pinakamataas na istruktura sa buong mundo, ang Burj Dubai. ____________________________________________________________________________
The entrance to and the Dubai Mall's Grand Atrium. ____________________________________________________________________________

Shopping paradise, over 70 luxury shops and 500 other retailers. ____________________________________________________________________________

The world's biggest indoor gold market with over 200 gold and jewellery retailers. ____________________________________________________________________________
An Olympic size Ice Skating Rink with stadium seats, the first in Dubai. ____________________________________________________________________________
The world's largest aquarium with over 22,000 aquatic species of marine animals. ____________________________________________________________________________




The Dubai Mall views, by night. ____________________________________________________________________________

6 comments:

Chyng November 4, 2008 at 5:05 PM  

I supposed your entry is not yet finished pero dahil ataters ako, cocomment nako agad.

Is that Barclay's office? (yung sa Burj Dubai's pic. WOW! That's my account dito sa pinas!

Nweis, dambuhalang aquarium. Overwhelming.

Ang ganda naman sa Dubai. Tama ka, mas maganda pag may kasama. It's now WHERE you are, but IT's WHO YOU'RE WITH.. (--,)

Lance November 4, 2008 at 5:20 PM  

ang dami mung nadalaw dude...
ganda ng mga malls, hindi masyadong crowded..
taas ng mga buildings noh? cguro if nasa top floor ang office mo, it would be considerable pag na late ka...hehehehe

chico November 4, 2008 at 5:22 PM  

@ chyng,

o nga ehm hindi pa tapos, hehehe.

yap, barclays is one of the biggest bank/credit card operator dito sa dubai.

sana nga may kasama kaso wala eh.

lucas November 4, 2008 at 9:51 PM  

waaaaaaaa!!! ang lupit! thanks to your site. you brought Dubai to me.. hehehe!

astig pala tlaga mga buildings dyan noh. loved the architecture. napapanood ko yung paggawa niyan sa nat geo eh. truly an engineering marvel lalo na yung Burj Dubai. cool!

thanks for posting this. sana makahanap ka ng makakasama dyan :)

sendzki November 5, 2008 at 4:29 AM  

gusto ko balik dubai..pupunta talaga ako diyan..ganda talaga dubai hehe

sendzki November 5, 2008 at 4:30 AM  

mas masaya sana kahit kasama mo bespren mo haha...maganda rin mag isa..but for the biggest mall in the world.....sana sinama mo ko haha