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Everything about Dubai is artificial. Apart from the sand in the desert areas. Like Las Vegas, everything is man-made and man-centric. That is not to say it’s bad. It is actually amazing what they have managed to create out of a desert in such a short space of time. Currently, the Burj Al Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. It literally towers above every other building in the city and is spectacular. It is the centerpiece of the Dubai Mall, a glitzy and expensive shopping mall complete with indoor ice rink, aquarium and more. Every evening, they put on this fountain and light show. It runs every half an hour for just under 5 minutes. The shows alternates between Arab music and Western music. The Western version is set to the theme song of Skyfall, sung by Adele.

Unusual to the picture is the cloud cover. Dubai, at this time of the year, doesn’t get a lot of clouds. In winter (if you can call it winter!) there is early morning fog occasionally. Anyway, it was fun to have the sunset with the clouds to accentuate the beauty of the scenery.