Day one:
I left Indo at 9 p.m. and arrived in Dubai at 2 a.m. (Dubai time). The time in Dubai is 3 hours behind the time in Indo. So it was an 8-hour flight. When I first arrived at the Dubai International Airport, I was awed by seeing how tall and big the people were. The men were really tall. Even I was considered normal height for women (whereas in Indo I was considered quite tall). Lots of the local men wore long robes (usually white), which they call dishdasha, while wearing that cloth cap thingymajig on their head which is held in place by the twisted black coil agal. It was traditional Arab clothing. Just like how women wore long black Abaya and some wore a veil that cover their faces and reveal only their eyes. Both the women and men are good looking (Arabic, oy -.-). So anyway, we went straight to our hotel from the airport to unpack and clean up ourselves. We even had the chance to take a little nap. Okay, let's skip the preparations and go straight to our first activity there.
The first thing that we did was visit The Dubai Mall. It was soooooo huge (well duh, it's the world's biggest mall!). There were so many stores. I think you can find every famous brands there. I got to shop a little of this and that :p There was also a huge aquarium inside the mall. They won the Guinness World Record as the world largest acrylic panel. The people who shopped there were stylish, wearing the latest designs. The local women were smart in mix and matching their clothes, which made them stylish but not revealing the skin and still covering their hair. It is safe to say that Dubai is a modern and global city. I saw lots of different people at the mall; arabic, asian, european, western, african, etc. Very diverse. Oh and while we were wandering and exploring the mall, my brother and my father went inside this fancy store which sells watches and other things. When they came out of the store, my brother told me about this cellphone he saw which was the most expensive thing he ever saw with his own naked eyes. It was a cellphone made out of gold, and covered with diamonds and other jewels. The cellphone had a basic rectangular shape, like an old cellphone, but was shining in gold and glittering in jewels and other fancy stuff. Guess how much it cost?? 700,000 FREAKIN Dirham which was approximately Rp. 1,716,400,000 !! CRAZY right???
After shopping for quite a while at the Dubai mall, we went to Jumeirah Beach. It was a very beautiful sight to see. There was a view of the famous Burj Al Arab. Then at about 3-ish, we went to the desert so we can go on our Safari Desert. We changed to another car, to a more suitable one, because we would be driving on the sand and the wheesl must be those special ones so we can ride up the sand dunes and stuff. There we were, sitting in the car. Told to wear our seat-belts by the driver. Little did we know (except daddy of course because he had done it before), that it would be the wildest car ride ever. I felt seriously like in those ACTION MOVIES because we were speeding, and drifting, and driving up sand dunes in the middle of nowhere in the desert! It was CRAAAAZY! A hell lot of FUN! Then we stopped at a camp site where we would have dinner (Arabic one, so lots of grilled meat like lamb, beef, chicken, and stuff). They provided lots of thing there. We could ride on a camel, drive a dune buggy (My brother tried that, but I didn't because it looked kinda scary haha), and others. For entertainment, there was some belly dancing and a traditional dance (which i do not know what it's called) where this person spins around for like 20 minutes non-stop doing tricks and stuff. Me and my sisters also got the chance to get a henna tattoo carved on our hand. The safari desert was soooooooooooooooooooo FUN! It was a perfect activity to end the day :)
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