I decided to wake up early for my last day in Dubai. I had to be at the airport by 11.30, and still hadn't seen the Burj Khalifa. It felt wrong having watched several documentaries about this amazing 829.84 metre tall building and not seeing it... so i caught the metro there.
It casts an amazing shadow across the sky, like a grey rainbow that goes on forever. It is really difficult to comprehend the sheer size of this thing. I stood at the bottom and stared up at it for some time, before jumping on the metro back to my hotel and onward to the airport.
Here are some pictures..
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| Beautiful Burj Khalifa |
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| Me and the Burj |
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| This statue stands near the base of the Burj Khlifa, and is called 'Together'. It was built by Syrian Artist Lufti Romhein, and is made from white marble and black granite. The figures are of an Arab couple dressed in the iconic dish-dasha and black kandoora in typical Emirati style. It is about 4.25 metres high. |
My eight hour flight to London was great, despite being delayed. I had three seats to myself, so I lay down, drank red wine and spent many hours just staring out the window at the amazing scenery below. Here are some photos that I took as we flew over Istanbul (not Constantinople).
It was actually just Turkey, I just wanted to use that line.
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| Amazing. |
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| There are no words for how incredible this was. I cried. |
Next stop, London!
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LOVING your blog! Read it for the first time tonight and excited at being able to dip in and out of your adventures. Laughed at your bleeding post - ha ha, soooo bad, can relate. At the risk of sounding like an old person, isn't it wonderful to be able to share..... Would like to be inspired for the next is adventure. Love and safety to you. Xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Rikki :) you don't sound at all like an old person! It's wonderful to be able to blog about my travel, am hoping I can keep it going and won't get distracted and swept away by it all!! xxx
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