Today I had a coffee down at the beach promenade and afterwards went to see the Ibn Battuta Mall, named after one of the greatest explorers in history. During the 1300's he traveled by foot from Morocco across Africa, the Middle East, India into Asia. (Check out his book "The Travels of Ibn Battuta" about the incredible journey) So in his honor they built a themed mall featuring some of the regions he traveled through like Andalusia, Tunisia, Egypt, Persia, India and China. With a full size Chinese junk sitting in front of the IMAX theater.
Then I took the Metro back to Burj Khalifa to take some more pictures of the astonishing area around it
. Later in the evening a friend of Tewfic picked us up and we went out for drinks, passing by the famous indoor "Ski Dubai".
Heute morgen ging hinunter zur Uferpromenade einen arabischen Kaffee trinken. Anschliessend schaute ich mir das Ibn Battuta Einkaufszentrum an, benannt nach einem der groessten Entdecker der Geschichte. Im 14.Jhd reiste er zu Fuss von Marokko durch Afrika, den mittleren Osten, Indien bis nach Fernasien. (Leseempfehlung Ibn Battuta's "Reisen ans Ende der Welt") Zu seiner Ehre hat man das Einkaufszentrum thematisch nach seiner Reise gestaltet. So laeuft man durch Andalusien, Tunesien, Aegypten, Persien, Indien bis nach China. Wo man eine in Originalgroesse nachgebaute chinesische Dschunke vor dem IMAX Kino sehen kann.
Danach fuhr ich mit der Metro zurrueck zum Burj Khalifa, um noch ein paar Photos von dem beeindruckenden Gebaeudekomplex zu machen. Spaeter holte uns ein Freund von Tewfic ab und gingen, vorbei an der beruehmten Hallen-Skipiste "Ski Dubai", in ein Teehaus mit Sheesha's.
Exploring an Explorer's Mall
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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