A letter from a mirage

Desert Safari in Dubai

The mirage has taken just a few years to transform itself from a fishing village to a futuristic metropolitan monster… sort of Las Vegas on steroids. It now boasts a jungle of skyscrapers with condos and offices, the tallest building in the world, the largest shopping mall, the most expensive hotels in the world, amazing transportation system, and so on. Everything is big, sparkling and new…

However, one can’t escape a feeling that the mirage is still a mirage. Firstly, there are barely any local people, but an army of hired hands from all over the world. Then, it has no fresh water supplies and must crank up a huge desalinization plant to satisfy the need of its glitzy hotels, golf courses and indoor skiing resort. Not everything is well with the bloated real estate either – there are huge “To Let” signs displayed in almost every building.

In the end, I didn’t find Dubai very attractive. It just doesn’t feel real, doesn’t have any special flavor that would make me want to return here.

Keep on traveling,
Lenka info@lenkatraveler.com

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