{"id":31774,"date":"2018-08-05T03:33:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T09:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wrdprs\/?p=31774"},"modified":"2017-12-27T19:44:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T02:44:38","slug":"visiting-the-mall-of-the-emirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/visiting-the-mall-of-the-emirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting the Mall of the Emirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where does one go on a hot summer day in Dubai when the temperature is up around 40o<\/sup>C?  It seems everyone goes to the mall!<\/p>\n

Dubai has many beautiful (and wonderfully air-conditioned!) shopping malls, most filled with the kind of shops you find on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.  Among the first of these built was the Mall of the Emirates<\/strong> which has more than 560 shops selling most everything you could possibly need or want.  There is a large theater complex, a massive food court and many restaurants scattered around the mall as well.  There are two adjoining five-star hotels — Kempinski Mall of the Emirates and Sheraton Dubai Mall of the Emirates Hotel — very convenient if you’re a Saudi prince in need of a shopping weekend getaway.<\/p>\n

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Ski Dubai at the Mall of the Emirates, Dubai<\/p><\/div>\n

I had particularly wanted to visit this mall because it’s home to the famous indoor skiing venue known as Ski Dubai<\/strong> which, as far as I know, is unique in the world.  In this large chilled enclosure visitors can put on warm jumpsuits and go downhill skiing, snow-boarding or tobogganing, or just experience what we in Canada are exposed to half of every year.  The daytime temperature is kept at a relatively comfortable -3o<\/sup>C, but after the mall closes the refrigeration is cranked up and the temperature drops to about -15o<\/sup>C as new snow is made.<\/p>\n

I didn’t expect Ski Dubai to be very busy, but I was way of the mark.  Hundreds of people were waiting in line to buy tickets to experience Ski Dubai.  And tickets are not cheap, around the $100  (depending on which package you want to purchase).  When I thought about it, the popularity made sense for where else in the area could desert residents experience a winter climate and snow.   I found out later that Ski Dubai is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Dubai and that there are plans to enlarge it.<\/p>\n

When you’re done with the skiing, there’s a lot of familiar comfort food nearby to help you recharge your batteries.<\/p>\n

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