Seehausen´s Travels The World 2008 - 2015: Oman

Vi har taget en taxi ud til Burj Al Arab, hvor vi vil gå derfra ned til Emirates mall, tankener at vi skal stå på ski og snowboarde og rigtig hygge os

Burj Al Arab "Tårnet af Arabien" i Dubai er verdens fjerde højeste hotel. Hotellet er 321 meter højt og ligger i havet 280 meter ud for Jumeirah-stranden, som den er forbundet til med en bro. Hotellet består kun af suiter, hvoraf den mindste på 169 m² og den største på 780 m². For at få adgang til hotellet skal man enten have lejet et værelse eller have en middagsaftale.

Hotellet åbnede i december 1999. Opførelsen tog næsten fem år: Først to år til etableringen den ø, som hotellet står på, og derpå næsten tre år for at bygge selve hotellet. Hotellet er tegnet af arkitekten Thomas Wills Wright og drives af Jumeirah-kæden.

Mall of the Emirates is a shopping mall in Dubai. Developed and owned by Majid al-Futtaim Properties, it opened in November 2005 and is located at interchange four on Sheikh Zayed road.

The multi-level shopping mall currently features more than 630 retail outlets, 7900 parking spaces, over 100 restaurants & Cafes, 80 luxury stores and 250 flagship stores. It has a total gross leasable area of 255,489 square meters. It also hosts family leisure activities including Ski Dubai (the Middle East’s first indoor ski resort and snow park), the 500-seat capacity Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre and Magic planet, one of the largest indoor family entertainment centres in Dubai

On November 2005, it was named the World's Leading New Shopping Mall at the World Travel Awards in London.

The project was launched in October 2003 at an estimated cost of AED 800 million (US $218 million), and was scheduled to be completed in September 2005. The architecture in the three-storey complex combines Arabic and Mediterranean elements, with each level connected to a car park.

The mall was designed by the American architectural firm F+A Architects. The main building contract was handled by Khansaheb, while the Ski Dubai contract was given to Pomagalski. The chair lifts in the snow park and the structural steel works were handled by Emirates Building System and the piling by Bauer.

The mall opened for business on September 28, 2005 with an official inauguration in November.

Vi er taget på cafe for at få en kop kakao og kaffe

og så skal der shoppes

Shopping er hårdt, så til frokost er vi taget på TGI Fridays for at spise

Så lidt mere shopping og kiggen

Der skal samles lidt kræfter til at stå på ski, så lige en lille snack

Ski Dubai is a large indoor skiing facility at Mall of the Emirates, offering snowboarding, ski lessons, children's play area and cafe. It opened in November 2005 and houses the world’s largest indoor snow park. It is operated by Majid Al Futtaim Leisure & Entertainment.