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Celebrate Christmast at Middle East ( December 2011)

It was kinda ironic when we celebrated Christmas at Muslim countries, but it happened.
We wanted to have holiday with our extended family during Christmas time but we didn't want to go to extreme cold or hot places therefore we thought Dubai would be a good idea since the weather was mild and cool on December.

We took a tour since we brought our parents and our son.
We were amazed with the development of Dubai. It was a small desert city but they invested heavily on technology and managed to create a metropolitan city with beautiful skycraper.





We took a picture with Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, and the most expensive hotel - Burj Al Arab.






Also, we went to Palm Island - Atlantis Hotel to take helicopter ride to get bird's eye view of Dubai.







Then, we also tried to Sand Dunes and ended it with Arabian Dinner at the middle of Desert and entertained by Belly Dancer.






After few days spending at Dubai, we went to Abu Dhabi, nearby city.
We visited the biggest mosque there and needed to cover ourselves properly.

It was such a great experience and we could see the world from different point of view.




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