30. DUBAI ON MY WAY BACK (II)

From the streets to souks and huge shopping markets.

Many people in Dubai wear western clothes, youngest the most.
But also many people wear on Dubai style, men in white and women mostly in black although some times more colourful traditional dresses.
Apart from that all ways of dressing around the region are welcome in its streets.





Shop windows´s look is shocking to me mostly coming from Japan, I would say both window´s dressing are antagonists.





That dummy reminds to me spanish "dama de elche"
although at "Iberos time" the arabs hadn´t visited us yet.

Spanish iberic "Dama de Elche" (IV C. BC)
(This picture is not mine).

So I guess mankind we have not changed so much.

In middle age to be more you must have a bigger castle with higher walls and widest and deepest moat.

Nowadays still remain "the most" the way in which americans define their bigger cities. So if you want to be recognized, if you want to communicate in a better way your location, you must point yourself with a Petronas or a Burj. Who is next?



Conclusion the concept has not changed around here and of course is quite evident they accomplished the same goal with some records.

Globalization is reflected here, fabulous shopping centers display all main world brands. I have not seen anything new but I have seen together all you can see adding a certain amount of big cities.


Kinokuniya, Debenhams, Zen, Lafayette... To say some of them not always present worldwide differently to Zara, Gucci or Comme Ça... list is long that always are everywhere and so here.



Out of the shopping centers, beside the Creek both sides there are souks and less sophisticated shopping centers. Much more local atmosphere.

One more attraction of the city, this time in "Mall of the Emirates" is "Ski Dubai", 22,500 square meters of snow.

"Mall of the Emirates" big as the Vatican is the big expression of luxe shopping in Dubai. But there are "Burjuman", "Deira City Center", of course "Mall of Dubai" alike a part of the Burj complex, and another ten as well big enough as cathedrals.




People is in the shopping centers as well as in the city center, both sides of the Creek, the rest of the extended city is made for the cars. Fortunately there is the metro and a good bus service.

Skyline of Dubai city coming back from the Marina.

 On the same course view of a corinthian column supporting another image of the Emir.




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