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I screamed. Full volume, no dignity, arms flailing. The slide dropped me through a clear tube surrounded by sharks, and for about three seconds I was eye-to-eye with a hammerhead through a sheet of acrylic. That’s Aquaventure. Dubai’s waterpark doesn’t…
I’ve been to a lot of museums. Most of them are about the past. This one is about what comes next — and it’s housed in what might be the most beautiful building on the planet. The Museum of the…
I’ll admit it — I used to be a hop-on hop-off snob. The open-top buses crawling through European cities full of sunburned travelers with audio guides? Not for me. Then I tried one in Dubai. And I get it now.…
Fifteen dollars. That’s what I paid to spend two hours on a yacht in Dubai Marina. I keep repeating it because I still don’t believe it. The yacht had three decks, a swimming platform, cushioned sun loungers, and a crew…
I’ve done a lot of stupid things on vacation. Renting a jet ski in Dubai and pointing it at the Burj Al Arab at full throttle might be the best one. The water was flat, the sky was impossibly blue,…
The driver grinned, deflated the tires to half pressure, and said “hold on.” That was the last calm moment of the evening. For the next twenty minutes, our Toyota Land Cruiser carved through red sand dunes at angles I didn’t…
I almost didn’t go up. Standing at the base of the Burj Khalifa, neck craned back so far it hurt, I thought — do I really need to spend $43 to see Dubai from above? I could see the skyline…