So just what and where is Dubai?
Dubai (Doo-BYE) is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE is a federation situated south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. It borders Oman and Saudi Arabia and shares sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar,and Iran.
The UAE consists of seven states termed emirites, because they are ruled by Emirs (nobility or royal families). The seven states are Abu Dhabi, the capital, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah, Fujairah and Dubai the largest.
Although located in the Middle East, the UAE is friendly to the United States. The military houses some of it's operations in or near these large Emitrates. The UAE is an independent federation and Dubai's particular government operates within a constitutional monarchy, ruled by the Al Maktoum family since 1833.
Dubai has emerged as a global city and business hub. Much of it's economy was built on the oil industry, but through visionary innovation, it now thrives on tourism, real estate, and financial transactions. The summer temperatures stay around 104 degrees followed by short winters with highs only to 73 degrees. The far reaching sandy desert is mixed with crushed shell and coral, but is clean and white.
Why would Stanley want to visit Dubai?
Shopping, shopping,
shopping! Dubai has been called the "shopping capital of the Middle East". Dubai alone has more than 70 shopping malls, including one of the seven largest in the world, the Mall of the Emirates. Some retailers will even negotiate prices! Dubai is also known for its gold and has more than 250 gold retail shops.
Dubai also has an indoor ski resort with 22,500 square meters of indoor ski area. It is a part of the Mall of the Emirates. Stanley includes an afternoon of skiing while visiting the mall.
Opened in November 2005, the indoor resort features an 85-meter high indoor mountain with 5 slopes of varying steepness and difficulty, including a 400-meter-long run, the world's first indoor black run, and a 90-meter-long quarter pipe for snowboarders. A quad lift and a tow lift carry skiers and snowboarders up the mountain.
Adjoining the slopes is a 3,000-square-meter Snow Park play area comprising sled and toboggan runs, an icy body slide, climbing towers, a snowball shooting gallery, an ice cave and a 3D theater. Other attractions include a mirror maze and a snowman-making area. Winter clothing, ski and snowboard equipment are included in the price of admission.
An extremely efficient insulation system helps the facility maintain a temperature of −1 °C during the day and −6 °C at night when the snow is produced.
To read more about this attraction visit:http://www.skidubai.com/ski-dubai/snowpark/
Dubai also has an indoor ski resort with 22,500 square meters of indoor ski area. It is a part of the Mall of the Emirates. Stanley includes an afternoon of skiing while visiting the mall.
Adjoining the slopes is a 3,000-square-meter Snow Park play area comprising sled and toboggan runs, an icy body slide, climbing towers, a snowball shooting gallery, an ice cave and a 3D theater. Other attractions include a mirror maze and a snowman-making area. Winter clothing, ski and snowboard equipment are included in the price of admission.
An extremely efficient insulation system helps the facility maintain a temperature of −1 °C during the day and −6 °C at night when the snow is produced.
To read more about this attraction visit:http://www.skidubai.com/ski-dubai/snowpark/
Once Flat Stanley has finished skiing and shopping for all his friends back home in North Manchester, Indiana USA, he hits another tourist spot.
Stanley visits Burj Khalifa the tallest building in the world! Not only is this building a 7 star hotel, but it breaks other world records as well.
• Tallest free-standing structure in the world (2,716.5 ft)
• Highest number of stories in the world (160 stories)
• Highest occupied floor in the world
• Highest outdoor observation deck in the world
• Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world
• Tallest service elevator in the world
To read more about the tallest building in the world, visit this website:
http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/
Stanle
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started his adventure at the very bottom with the
Dubai skyline in the background and soon the complex elevator system brought him safely to the top.
Stanley was not yet able to see, but could still read about the remarkable rotating tower currently under construction.
The Dynamic Tower (also known as Dynamic Architecture Building or the Da Vinci Tower) is a proposed 1,378 foot, 80-floor tower in Dubai designed by architect David Fisher.
The tower is expected to be architecturally innovative for several reasons:
Uniquely, each floor will be able to rotate independently. This will result in a constantly changing shape of the tower. Each floor will rotate a maximum of 20 ft per minute, or one full rotation in 90 minutes. Here is a manipulated digital picture of the one tower in several rotating positions.
It will also be the world's first prefabricated skyscraper with 40 factory-built modules for each floor. 90% of the tower will be built in a factory and shipped to the construction site. This will allow the entire building to be built in only 22 months. The only part of the tower that will be built at the construction site will be the core. The total construction time will be over 30% less than a normal skyscraper of the same size.
The entire tower will be powered from wind turbines and solar panels. The turbines will be located between each of the rotating floors.
Flat Stanley found Dubai to be full of unique and exciting things. A very exotic place to travel. Stanley would like to thank his Dubai hostess,
Julie Atkinson for showing him all the wonders of Dubai!
وكان لي عظيم الوقت! شكرا لك.
صديقك ، ستانلي
Stanley is now back in the mail and headed off on another world adventure!
Flat Stanley was spotted at K12 in Pennsylvania
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