The New York Times > Travel > The Oz of the Middle East: "Dubai is a metropolis of bone-white apartment blocks, green palm trees and amazing, odd juxtapositions"...
I was reminded of the hot, flat sprawl of Tampa or Houston - until I glimpsed a fully veiled woman driving alongside my cab and saw two men in checkered headdresses pulling their Lamborghinis parallel to chat. Glossy financial magazines share rack space with titles like International Falconer...
But overwhelmingly, a trip to Dubai is about sun and sand, food and partying - and above all, shopping.
The merchandise hunt reaches a glittering zenith in the gold souk, a network of streets where 400 storefronts drip with gold necklaces, earrings, watches, brooches, rings and toe rings...
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