Dubai > Amsterdam

I have been here for a good 6 days now! It has been amazing. It's beautiful here! I have taken about a thousand pictures so far.

First off, I got to the airport at 6.10am. The new terminal we were in was 6 stories high and we had to go down 4 stories of escalators to get to the passport control / baggage pickup. There were about 20 lines for passport control, each with 50+ people waiting. After picking up my baggage I waited in line for about 20 minutes for a taxi. They had hundreds of taxis coming in and out as fast as people could get in them. 900 new people move permanently to Dubai each day so I kind of expected it to be busy.



Several floors in DXB to go down



This pretty much sums up Dubai

On the taxi ride, I went down Sheikh Zayed Road (the main highway) and saw the beautiful towers all along it.



My dorm room is pretty nice. The ceilings are 3.3m (11ft) high! Each room gets its own bathroom, complete with a shower, toilet, and bidet. The windows are 2 meters high!



My Dorm Room



The view outside my window - Aam Tower

All of the study abroad students (21 of us) went to the creek area including a trip to the Dubai Museum, which is located underground, underneath the Al Fahidi Fort.



Al Fahidi Fort



Most of the Study Abroad students



Dubai Museum Exibit





Art Galary Courtyard



Me Holding a Falcon



Brian Belly Dancing



Baytal Wakeel Restaurant





Cameron and Rachel



Rachel and I

We smoked sheesha at this restaurant (which was over the Creek). Also later that night we went as a group of 8 and smoked sheesha in Dubai Internet City.

I started classes on Sunday. We didn't have classes yesterday because the roads were closed since Bush was arriving in Dubai. Instead, a bunch of the study abroad students and I went down to the marina. This was my second time there so far. They have dozens of little stands where people sell clothing, jewelry, toys, souvenirs, etc. There are restaurants, water fountains, and hundreds of towers.



Study Abroad Students at the Marina



Dubai Marina





Heather and I





When we got back from the Marina we heard a bird or three. Another study abroad student, Drew, got pooped on.