Time to leave soon!
On this day, we left Dubai for Abu Dhabi.
(Views from the world’s highest tower)
We did visit the highest tower in Dubai which was used as background for Mission Impossible. It was really stunning. I wanted to purchase some souvenirs there but the price was out of the question. There is an available shooting service which takes your pictures and photoshop-s them with funny background. Me and Cheese took a couple of pictures and queued up to receive our pictures. It turned out to be that one picture costs us nearly 2,000,000 VND (What the heck). We gave up on it. Price was unexpectedly high. But it came no surprise to us because we were in Dubai- one of the most luxurious place that ever existed on earth.
Then we got to Dubai and the world’s largest shopping center which consists of internationally known brands such as Armani, Dior, Gucci, Forever 21, H&M, Rolex (I felt so close to this brand- My created character in fiction wears a Rolex watch, every time he touches his partner, he makes her chill to the bone), and Levi’s (Oh man, he wears Levi ‘s jeans too)… We felt kind of lost in shopping world. It offered free wifi. How could we expect more? I told Cheese that I would love to visit Candylicious to buy some candies for friends and Bath and Body Works for Secret Wonderland (In Vietnam, this product was nowhere to be seen, I wondered if it was still available in Dubai), then I would follow Cheese to any stores she wanted. After paying a short visit to a couple of stores, her feet started to feel hurt and she decided to sit and wait for me. I could get to the first store but never made it to Bath and Body Works. On the way to back to the meeting place, I visited a few more shops to buy some small souvenirs (stuffed toys and key chains) with reasonable prices (of course). Only 1.5 hours for shopping could not satisfy me. As people in my tour came outside to take pictures with the world’s highest building, I wandered around shops nearby and got excited at finding a souvenir shop where I bought for me and Cheese beautiful hanging decoration accessories. Take a look at it.
But I came back late as a result of it. The tourist guide who thought I lost somewhere tried to find me outside. Oh I am so sorry for that. My bad
The next destination was the ice coffee. Before entering it, we were given heavy coats, headphone, and hats to keep our body warm. It was warned that the main coffee hall was 6 degree below, which did not turn out to be a joke. It was exceptionally cold. In spite of the coat I was wearing, I felt chilled to my bones and frozen. Luckily, we were offered free hot milk chocolate. I had to take my gloves off to take a few pictures. After approximately 10 minutes, we got out of that freaking cold place. OMG. The ticket was so high and for an individual who couldn’t stand low temperature like me, it was a waste of money.
The next stop was filled with fun. We visited a garment workshop where they sold Persian carpets. I believe that the Persian have mastered the level of the art of making carpets as one carpet does not resemble each other and each one has exceptionally beautiful features. Carpets’ textures look so fine. It was such a shame that I couldn’t take photo since I was not allowed to. They even attach gold to carpets to make them look super luxurious. Of course, the price was as high as Dubai’s Khalifa Burj. But we can still bargain. One family in my tour gave $350 for a medium sized carpet whose original price was $2500. You know what. The seller accepted and transaction was made. I didn’t know if it was a rip-off or not. Anyways, it was none of my business. When me and Cheese were walking around the store, we bumped into a salesman who had all features of a typical Middle East men: black beard, stunning eyes, spectacular heights, sweet voice, tanned skin and super polite manner. It was so nice talking with bae. Then we played a little game called: ”Can you guess my age?”. He said that I looked like 17-year-old girl. Oh, what a bae! You had a really expressive sales skill.
We kept on talking but the conversation started to get weird.
Bae: ”Where is your mother?”
Me: “She’s living in Vietnam” (*Thinking: Why does he ask me about mother? Is he going to ask for my mother’s permission to take me out for a date?)
Bae: ”I thought she was on a tour with you. If she’d been there, I would have sold the carpet for her”
I laughed so hard but felt butter inside. His sales skill was so good that went beyond my expectation. Anyways, it was fun and so refreshing. That story became a legend to me that i couldn’t help telling my friends about it.
After 2 hour driving, we finally got back to Abu Dhabi and stayed at the same hotel- Novotel. As tomorrow, we would fly at 8 AM, so it was better off leaving at 5 AM. That means we had to wake up and pack our stuff at 4 AM. Since we had to get up early in the morning, after dinner, Cheese got back to the hotel room to take a rest while I went shopping with another lovely family in my tour. The mall was rather big but we just couldn’t have enough time for all. The best option was to wander around it. I bought a candy jar for my girls in Vietnam.
The fourth day had nothing to tell as we got nothing to explore except for 6-hour flight. So, I decided to attach it together with the third day. But I got something to entertain me, besides available films and music in the flight.
Seriously, if I do some works like this, my boss would beat the hell out of me.
Why don’t you ask me, I can do it for you, especially it’s free of charge. So embarrassing!
