So yesterday I highlighted some of the things I’ve learned about Dubai that I found impressive. Today I’ll share some pictures (all in hi-res).

1. Taking a tour in the desert has shown me a driving style I’m not used to. They get cars to the point of near tipping, and then with aggressive steering angle and a lot of wheel spin manage to keep the car stable over the dunes. This picture was the best I could manage.

2. The worlds largest building (168 floors) looks massive when next to anything. On the picture to the left you can see just the base of the building towering over other buildings which are 30+ stories tall. On the picture to the right you can see the biggest tower in the world, alongside the biggest mall in the world, alongside the biggest water fountain in the world (not yet finished). Even from the helicopter view we were not above the Burj Dubai tower.

3. I took this photo inside the biggest mall in the world, The Dubai Mall. You can see the amazing waterfalls and also a full scale aquarium integrated into the mall. Sharks in the mall…yes. And in case you were not sure this was the largest mall in the world, just check out that picture of the shop directory!

4. This photo shows indoor ski slope inside The Emirates Mall.

5.  The airport reminds you that you are in Dubai…what other airport has Rolex clocks?

6. Proof that I was there.

PS: the car culture there is running strong. I didn’t have a good chance to take many pictures of the cars, but you can expect to see various exotic cars daily roaming the streets. Also there were quite a lot of R35 GT-Rs, but because cars can only be left hand drive I didn’t see any R34, 33 or 32 GT-Rs.