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Some of the dazzling sights and sounds of Dubai (sounds not included). Although the city is dominated by weirdo-cool architecture, there are interesting warrens spread beneath the monolithic skyline. And, of course, the whole shebang is encompassed by desert: pink sands, yellow sands, orange sands and basically more sand than you'd ever care to eat. Sand is not for eating.

A skyline perpetually under construction, featuring a tower that is a very, very big tower (also under construction).

The infamous 'seven-star' Sailboat Hotel, whose real name - as I recall - was the Burj-al-Arab. It's really hard to say that until you see it spelled out for you.

So many skyscrapers, so much steel. "Which hotel are you staying at?" "Oh, the one that looks like a sphinx with blood-red windowpanes for eyes."

The super-sexy Sheihk Ziyad neighbourhood, populated only by the super-sexy playas of roaring industry.

Here is where Muslims pray!

The Gold Souk, which unsurprisingly has many, many gold things for sale. Special discount for Canadians!

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Feet a-burnin', face a-roastin', scuttle scurry back to air conditioning and Arabic music videos. Arabic music videos, as an end note, are entrancing in their ridiculousness. Guys sing their love for girls. Girls look alluring and properly disinterested until the guy smashes down their door, still singing, and forcibly molests them. Then they usually get married but sometimes the man, his passion slaked, decides that she's not really what he wants after all. Cue deux ex machina appearance of girl #2, who prances off into the sunset with her new rapist boyfriend. Original girl gets to cry on her bed for a while.

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