Have you ever seen pictures of this hotel? http://www.atlantis.com
You might recognize a similarity between the two hotels - they're owned by the same company. The Atlantis Dubai is situated on the reef portion of the Palm Jumeirah - basically, you drive down the "trunk" of the tree until the end and then you go under the ocean to reach the reef. Atlantis is at the very tip of the Palm. Its actually kinda cool the way that it is built. We went to this restaurant called Ossiana and I had a grouper fish for the first time in my life. I don't eat a lot of seafood so it was a new experience for me. It was pretty good I must say! I think it has something to do with the fact that they kill the fish on site and then cook it there so it's like uuber fresh.
In the lobby of the Atlantis (above) they have a giant Chuhuly work in the foyer. Yes, its the same guy who did this for the Oklahoma City Museum of Art: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dale_Chihuly.jpg
Kinda cool, huh? The rest of the hotel is very cheesy and gaudy but I thought the piece of art was kinda cool.
Then, today we went (back) to the Mall of the Emirates because yesterday we didn't get to see Ski Dubai. This is so freaking crazy. Like SOOOO freaking crazy...
The temperature gauge was reading -4 degrees celsius=24.8 degrees Fahrenheit (I don't even want to think about how much electricity and power it takes to keep that GIANT building that cold, especially during the high heat of summer). I didn't have any warm clothing so I wasn't about to go in there to freeze to death, however if I get some free time before nextThursday I'm going to go back and do the slope(s).
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
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Great Atlantis lobby pic! I stole it and posted on my blog.
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