Well, after a bumpy flight of which I have not seen very much since I was doozing all the way, we reached Dubai International Airport on time.
The plane was left way off the terminal to park. This brought the added value that we were taken by bus on a tour of the new concourse free of charge! A sprawling new airport will rise in no time. And imagine it will be the smaller one of the two airports that are in the process of being built. Jebel Ali Airport some 30 kms outside of Dubai will be the big one. Built for tourists only.
Dubai is a shopper's paradise. Every year the hold the Dubai Shopping Festival a bonanza for the shop keepers as well as for the compulsive (mostly women) shoppers from around the globe. The place is humming and brimming with bargains galore.
But, it was not to be for Eve this time. We are stuck at the airport in the Emirates Business Lounge and Eve's confined to shopping inside the old terminal.
Shopping here means entering a raffle. Luxury cars like the Mercedes-Benz 600 convertible or the Harley-Davidson are to be had.
Watches are of course everywhere. All the big brands are here as well as some special ones confined to the region only. Cruiser, Westar, Police and many others fight for your credit limit. And the fight is really a hard one. Sunglasses are even more important than watches over here.
And know the plam trees are fake ones and looking the real thing.
What is cumbersome is that we are unable to upload pictures from here. It seems as if they like to control the data too much here in the lounge.
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