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As we booked the overnight flight to Dubai from Istanbul, avoiding spending money for hostel. Our new culture for the next 2 months, keep our spending budget low as possible! Arrived Dubai at 5.30am (it was already 21•c!) only had 2 hours sleep. Now it's something I didn't tell anyone about, we've already hired car for two days. As I know how parent aren't keen on us hiring car in the country of 5th most dangerous road, oops! We made our way to Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE to stay there overnight. And yes the road is very dangerous, thanks to Davy's 7 years of experience driving - we are safe ;) but honestly we didn't even see a single car crash. Anyway, we checked in really posh hotel, and the porters parked our car for us, and carried our bags - finally I get to feel 007 style! We planned our day and drove around the city for a bit. We made our way to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (as you can see in the picture), the architectural is unbelievably beautiful and carefully built, it's only 5 years old. Went inside and carefully followed muslim's culture, such as taking off shoes etc. really enjoyed that particular visit. We couldn't believe in our eyes at how the sky shined behind the mosque when sun is set (again see the picture) :) we then drove to Emirates Palace Hotel to see what all the fuss about on the Trip Advisor. The building is really beautiful, gutted that we were refused an entry due to our short (despite that woman wearing short skirt!). Never mind but we managed to walk around the building. May I add, the road in the city is so complicated, of course there was lots of disagreement between me and Davy with the direction! I like to think I am right most of the time ;) It was getting late and needed a early night, haven't slept much due to flights. I am looking forward to Dubai tomorrow!
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