Dubai: Whither you Grow ?? Far into the Sky and the Sea?!

Into the Sky.. Setting sights higher than where birds can fly ?? - The Burj Dubai tower, incomplete, yet at more than 800m, the The Tallest man-made structure ever built on Earth. Slated to be finished in Sep 2009.

{ By the way, if you are interested in the dark underbelly of Dubai, which is also quite striking, do check out the Independent article, The Dark Side of Dubai }

The Ever Changing Dunes...the Winds of Change were blowing as I stood there and watched the shifting sand..

Into the Sea, Kilometers!. The Palm Jumeirah, with the 7 Star Atlantis hotel at its 'top'. The scale of the project was was hard to take in, I couldn't believe my eyes- to say 'mind boggling' would be quite an understatement!.

The Old Spice Souk in Deira, the old centre of the city.

Bur Dubai, The Old Quarter. The Old Souk where Persian and Indian merchants were given permission to own shops and houses to settle down centuries ago..