This Wonderful place called Dubai!

Well I have finally done it.. and I have found my way to Dubai. I arrived at 6am Dubai time this morning after a nice 12 hr flight from Perth. Emirates is a great airline.. surprisingly the food was ok, they served some smoked salmon which tasted alright. In flight entertainment was pretty good as well as the plane was decked out with the individual entertainment units. I'll have to compare how the 777 is to the airbus 340 that I got on the way here. Now on to Dubai airport!.. man that thing is HUGE!!! from when we touched down, I think we were taxiing for like 20 mins just to get the parking area for the plane. Then we had to catch buses from the tarmac to the arrivals hall which was like another good 20 mins away. I've never seen so many Emirates planes in my life!! didn't manage to get a snapshot of the airport though.. was kinda in a rush to find my way around to immigration. I was really surprised that clearing immigration and customs was a snap! No arrival form to fill out as is more common with other countries.. I just handed the guy my passport and that was it. Well Dad picked me up from the airport, and drove me back to his apartment. Seems the drivers are as bad as everyone tells me however I still don't think its as bad as the driving in Bangkok.. now that is BAD!... one problem with arriving so early is that I gotta wait till the shops open at around 10ish.. but anyways I'll be catching up with a mate Dion who used to be from Perth and now DJ's in Dubai.. Here's some pics I took today.. The pic on the top left is the Burjuman.. supposedly some posh place that only sells top label gear.


This is a snap shot of the some of the buildings around me.

This is a view from inside my dad's apartment. They're pretty much like hotel apartments here.

This is another set of apartments across the road.