January 27, 2010 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
From New York to Dubai we’ve traveled 9752.0 Nautical miles & it’s day 23.
Our clock is 9 hours ahead of New York.
The exchange rate $1 equals 3.67 Dirhams.
We rode the complementary shuttle to the Bur Juman Shopping Centre (mall) where walked some. We rode the Dubai Metro to the nearest station we were told to get to the Burj Dubai.
We then walked approximately an half an hour thru constructions sites (sand), on pavement, and when lucky sidewalks to the Burj Dubai. The Burj Dubai is an experience not to miss. The quay
took us down long corridors with walls explaining the construction followed by illustrations about the amount steel, iron rods, and glass used. The condensation is collected and used. The elevators went up 120 stories with great speed (with ears popping) to within about 15 stories (of the 140 floors) from the top. The view is indescribable. While up there we found a metro station much closer making the return trip easier. We did walk 9.22 miles in all.