Dubai

I'm not too sure whether you guys heard of these but seriously when I saw this on National Geographic, it's just mind boggling. How can anyone build 300 over islands in the middle of the sea. This is the biggest reclamation project undertaken in the world. Even much more than Singapore since Singapore always LOVE to reclaim their land.

The World

So, what is the The World? The World represents the world of course where people can but plots of island in each continent and build a private residence on it. But, it seems that corporations are buying it and converting the place to resorts. The only way you can go to your island is by boat compared to The Palms.

The Palms

Talking about the The Palms, they were the first project in Dubai to do such a reclamation project. 30 million tonnes of sand and 18 million tonnes of rocks needed to be placed accurately to prevent erosion from the element of the sea.

There are 3 Palms in Dubai now and these can be seen from space. Dubai is currently pushing for this icons and large projects. Although, they have oil but that will be running out shortly in 2016. So, they need another plan to replace that. Tourism. Let's see what they have.

Al-Burj Arab Hotel

The first 7-star hotel in the world. The tallest hotel in the world too. The first hotel to be on a man-made island which apparently, sinking. Hmmmmmm. You can also eat gold here. To enter, you have to pay $25. No kidding man. Oh well, definitely on my list to visit. Oh yea, we are talking about $2000 a night yes. Worth it huh. :D

Ski Dubai Resort

Talking about a ski resort in a desert. Now, can you imagine the amount of water and cooling system needed to make this. Yes, Malaysia has a snow resort but not at this scale.

Wild Wadi Waterpark

Another feat to have so much water in a desert. Dubai seems to be the land of the impossibles these days. This is next to the Al-Burj Arab Hotel.



Burj Dubai

And not to mention home to the tallest building in the world. This is going to be over 800 metres and it is definitely going to be an icon. The building is still being constructed and when it is finished, it would be able to withstand the sandstorms in Arab able to be bend about 3 feet of centre. I will try to find out more about this building.

And for tourism to be successful, you need shopping!!! Well, can't really say much about them because they say it all. But they certainly have tonnes of shopping centres though not as big as ours back home. But I won't be surprised that they would build the biggest in the world soon enough. For your information, the biggest mall in the world is in China, South China Mall in Dongguan.