Dubai 1
After having spent countless hours waiting for connecting flights during many occasions at Dubai International Airport; on September 2nd, 2009, I finally stepped out into Dubai city for the first time ever, to a stifling embrace of hot, humid air.
Here, then, are some of my first glimpses of the artificial desert paradise they call Dubai (this set of photos also happens to be a pre-cursor to a previous entry titled ‘Dubai 2′):
Paras G. (me) gearing up for a day of fashionable photography.
Those killer shoes, literally attacked my feet two nights before I left London. I had to give them up, the beauties.
A view of mainly hotel buildings in the Al Rigga area, better known for certain "nocturnal activities".
A view of the Madinat Jumeirah Resort, an Arabian Venice.
The souk that is part of this resort complex is a quirky blend of traditional Arabian architecture and lifestyles and modern conveniences like air-conditioning.
My very enthusiastic and very interesting guide for the day, Ankit.
Ankit, like me, is an intrepid explorer and enjoys intermittent spells of photography and writing on his unusually named blog: ‘radiomorphosis’.
An assortment of buildings near Jumeirah Beach Park or JBP.
A sighting of the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai, from Ankit's car.
Strangely enough, the building didn’t seem that tall when seen from afar. The next time I am in Dubai, I am going to get up, close and personal and then decide if I am in awe or not.
Approaching the world's largest mall, The Dubai Mall.
Check this page out for more of my Dubai photos and musings.
hey paras,
again the pictures have turned out really gr8.I hope your new venture does well, “an experiment called life” tht is;
i did realize that we r very similar personalities n so ill look forward to hear out ur views on this so called life-ly adventure
Thank you, Ankit. You won’t believe how many times I’ve told Adarsh about how much you and I have in common. It’s great to finally know someone a lot like me. You should write more frequently on your blog.
My blog!…yes its time for my “dear diary moment” to begin again.Thank You for the inspiration:D
{:D You’re welcome. Looking forward to some intelligent musings.
Hi Paras
Lovely pics bro, website looks great. Looking forward to more pics from you.
Thank you, Harsha. I look forward to more pictures from me too. {:P