I spent the whole day in Financial Centre where I was photographing iconic Emirates Towers. I ordered decaf coffee in Nero but judging from the heartbeat shown by my wristband and shaking of my hands I got regular one, so I had enough energy to walk through entire district and I ended up in Dubai Mall.

Deira district, where was my hotel, didn’t induce photographic frenzy in me. I took only few pictures of Union metro station area.

I took the metro red line and got out at Emirates Towers station. First thing that caught my attention was this huge ring with (I guess) surahs of Quran written o n it.

The other side of the railway looked less original but still impressive.

The ring was super photogenic but too big to fit into the frame of my cellphone camera. I didn’t use the superwide angle lens cause distortion was unbearable.

Once I got to Emirates Towers and took out the camera from my backpack I was immediately informed by the security that taking pictures with anything bigger than cellphone is not allowed.

No matter how impressive structures and buildings one can see in Dubai, Burj Khalifa will dwarf them all… with one exception about which will be a separate post. This exception though is only possible thanks to its remoteness.

It is one of the few places on Earth where such cars can be seen in abundance.