View from the Burj Kalafi tower observation deck on the 120th floor
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Looking up at the top of the Burj tower from the observation deck
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Looking down on the Dubai Mall, the world's largest
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In another direction
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Traffic intersection
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Looking North toward the Arabian Sea
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Karen looks at a wind tunnel model of the tower while I play photographer
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Locals
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Dress for women was quite varied
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Hmmm, not quite opaque!
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Hallway at the Burj
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Cassim's iPhone shows the world and Palm - man-made islands
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On the beach. We were told the water gets so hot in the summer it will boil an egg
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Dubai is an architects' playground - Burj Al Arab Hotel
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Atlantis Resort on the Palm Is.
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This is not Bubai, it's Marina City, another development on the way to Abu Dhabi
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To the right of Marina City is the power plant/water purification plants
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Architecture in Marina City
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And a few yachts
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These plants generate power and distill water
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Power is expensive but water - water costs more than gas per gallon to purify!
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Palm 3 and Palm 1 are undeveloped. This is the unfinshed bridge to Palm 3
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Mostly identifiable veggies in a supermarket
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Those tomatoes were that red - probably hydroponic
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Desk in the form of an airplane wind, in - believe it or not - Bloomingdales of Dubai
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A building in Abu Dhabi
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Marina City
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Another strange building on the way to Abu Dhabi
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And two more
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Near Abu Dhabi, the photo is tilted cuz the building is too
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