{"id":471,"date":"2010-02-25T01:02:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T16:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matero.net\/?p=471"},"modified":"2013-08-04T02:33:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T17:33:07","slug":"dubai-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/matero.net\/blog\/?p=471","title":{"rendered":"Dubai, UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a 31 hour layover in Dubai on the way from India to Egypt. Even I arrived, the sun was setting. I decided ahead of time I\u2019d spend the night in the Dubai airport, but I didn\u2019t arrive at this airport. After many hours of research, I figured out how to take the bus from the small Sharjah airport to Dubai. I found something to eat on the way, a shawarma, which is a chicken sandwich. I headed to the newest airport terminal that opened in 2008 and found out they had free wireless internet there. Pretty nice. According to Wikipedia<\/a>, Terminal 3 has the largest floor space of any building in the world. So I sat on a chair all night long and didn\u2019t really sleep.<\/p>\n

In the morning time, I took the new metro system that opened in September 2009. The stations were some of the nicest looking I\u2019ve seen in the world. I had to wait all day for my plane, so I went to the Dubai City Centre mall. I tried to find a place to leave my bag, but they wouldn\u2019t let me, so I left. Back on the metro, I went to the Mall of the Emirates. On the way, the metro passed Burj Khalifa<\/a>, the world\u2019s tallest building. At the mall, I was able to drop off my bag at Carrefour supermarket and buy some donuts and bread there. This mall is famous for having an indoor ski slope. After a few hours, I went on the metro again to the end of the line, past Internet City, and past all of the new construction, which rivals the construction boom in China.<\/p>\n

Before going to the airport, I had a hamburger since those were not easy to find in the past month. It has been a nice change using some transportation here that doesn\u2019t break your back or allows you to breathe.<\/p>\n

The sun was setting again, so I made it back to the Sharjah airport, which was must more crowded. I sat on the floor and waited for my flight. Unfortunately, it was delayed to the early morning hours. It looked like I would have another night without a bed. (photos<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had a 31 hour layover in Dubai on the way from India to Egypt. Even I arrived, the sun was setting. I decided ahead of time I\u2019d spend the night in the Dubai airport, but I didn\u2019t arrive at this airport. After many hours of research, I figured out how to take the bus … <\/p>\n

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