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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

RT/WW - A glimpse of Dubai (Part 2)

We paid a visit to the Dubai's latest hot luxury shopping mall which claims to be the world’s largest mall. Imagine 1,200 retail stores, an olympic size skating rink, a 220-store gold souk, more than 150 F&B outlets and a very huge aquarium inside it. Unfortunately, we didn't spend much time there though as we have a flight to catch to Istanbul that evening. Anyway, we managed to capture a few shots before leaving the mall.

The complex is incredibly huge in every sense of the word and its upscale interior design is tastefully done in a contemporary way yet still provide a warm, comfortable and inviting feel. It's a classic and I love every single detail. All its spaces are very well- proportioned.

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The entrance to the modern gold Souk in the mall. A lovely art depiction of the night sky embedded with glittering stars and encrusted jewels.

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Statue of a stallion from the Gold Souk. The souk is designed as a tribute to the city's rich heritage of the gold and jewelery trade, for which Dubai is renowned globally

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The intricate designs are found to resembles the ones in Italy

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There is another amazing section of the mall which offers a great selection of coffee shops and retail kiosks overlooking the Waterfall, giving a soothing and cosy mood to meet. Several palm trees are also set up to replicate the atmosphere of a desert oasis.


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The Waterfall runs through the entire four levels of the mall and is adorned with lovely art sculptures of human divers, how cool!


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The iconic Burj Khalifa outside the Dubai Mall standing in its glory. The tower was renamed Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai) and now stands as the world's tallest building. I didn't manage to get up there as we were informed that the observation decks located at the 124th floor was closed due to some technical problems.





First Commenter - Mei Teng

40 comments:

  1. Oh wow...1,200 retail stores! A definite shopping haven.

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  2. if my credit card has unlimited credit limit, I'd spent days in here. :D

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  3. amazing just like the taipei 101 mall here in taiwan,have a w0nderful tuesday to y0u!

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  4. Looks like a great holiday ecept for the sand storm.

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  5. I especially like the stallion sculpture.

    Won't you visit my Ruby Tuesday? I'd love to have your company today.

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  6. wow, the Burj Khalifa is so magnificent.

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  7. the waterfall with the sculptures is amazing! your photo of it is beautiful

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  8. wow breathtakingly beautiful! it's indeed a luxury shopping mall.

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  9. Wow!!! And that Burj Khalifa really look majestic.. To be honest, I'm scared to go up there.. heh.. ;)

    The observation deck was closed due to an accident if im not wrong.. something about the faulty lift or something initially whereby tourists got stranded or something. I definitely wouldnt wanna be one of those stranded.. I'll be scared to death.. ;D

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  10. It seems that everything is huge in this town ! It really looks enormous.

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  11. The first photo is amazing! I love the lovely colors. First time to see these pics of Dubai. Looks like they're also rich in structural designs. Very impressive!

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  12. too bad missed your chance in the tower

    the mall is just too grand and i love those sculptures

    have a great day ramblings!

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  13. This is such a beautiful place. So glad you share it with all of us.

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  14. Thanks for the nice tour. Great photos, it is all beautiful!

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  15. you would have to spend a week there...and Burj Khalifa is a little surreal looking.

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  16. Wowee kapowee. That is amazing. That fountain is just so impressive. I am stunned.

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  17. Great reporting from a fascinating part of the world. I would have had to stop at the camera stores:)

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  18. Wow! It's a beautiful mall! I can't imagine that many stores in one place!

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  19. Unbelievable! Didn't Dubai just bail out a country or something? Guess there is money to spend.

    Happy WW!

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  20. Wow! That place looks amazing. Perfect shots.

    Happy WW!

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  21. It might be that the palms trees are not a just mere replication of an oasis becasue Dubai is itself pretty much a glorified Oasis isn't it?

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  22. Oh, that's bad timing! I read in the news that the observation deck of Burj Khalifa re-opened just last week. As for the mall, *love* that waterfall with the diver sculptures! Very very cool. It's too bad you couldn't spend more time exploring the mall. Thanks for sharing the pics that you did get!

    Happy WW!
    -smarmoofus

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  23. That is one huge shopping mall! It would take more than a day to shop in here!

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  24. The waterfall is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

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  25. What a magnificent sight the Burj Khalifa is! Against the greyish background, the building looks like a picture.

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  26. Those are some amazing photos! The men diving into the water is my favorite. And that tower is something else too!

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  27. WOW! AWESOME pictures! I especially like the entrance one and the one with the divers!
    have a great day!

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  28. Wow, now that's a mall! Your pictures are beautiful!

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  29. Hi sweetie, amazing pics indeed! I love the waterfall one, so magical! :)

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  30. Thanks for featuring the iconic Burk Khalifa too WOW! Too bad u couldn't go up, I can't imagine the view from the top woooooo hoooo! :)

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  31. wow i wanna shop there till i drop! :D

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  32. Amazing I really love the divers, what a lavish place for shopping! Thanks so much for sharing :)

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  33. That's just crazy, I can't imagine being in a mall that big. Love to pic of the tower!

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  34. 124 floors! Oops, i'm afraid of great heights. ;p

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  35. Wow! that's awesome.The interior decoration of the mall is amazing,water fall view is so beautiful.

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