24 MAR 2017: After an event-filled two week cruise on Silversea’s Silver Spirit in the Middle East, I finally had the time to look at the photos I took in Dubai, where it all started. And I did a double take– thinking that I must have shot a designer’s concept rather than anything that actually exists.
Few urban landscapes are as consistently striking as this forest of intriguingly shaped modern towers soaring skyward from the desert. But despite its showy and bigger-than-life modernity, I found the heart of Dubai is its people and its food.
While Dubai is not a walking town, it’s easy to get around by cab and the riding is cheap–with the local price of gas in the oil rich Emirates about a third of what it costs in the rest of the world.
Here are quintessential experiences I recommend you fit into your stay in the desert Emirate: