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Jon and Jeff head to the wild wadi waterpark and go offroading in dunes near Dubai!

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Dubai. Its a bizarre place. It feels like being in Disneyland under construction. Dubai currently has 15% of the world’s cranes in operation. There is high rise after high rise under construction.

Lotsa construction.

Jumeirahs skyline.

Its hard to imagine how theyre going to fill all these buildings, apartments, homes and malls with people. Its also Ramadan right now so the locals arent shopping or eating until the evening. We went to a massive mall called Ibn Battuta and it was almost entirely void of people.

Jeff at the wildest Starbucks we’ve ever seen.

Takin a snooze in the Ibn Battuta Mall.

We were disappointed to find out that the indoor ski hill was still under construction and wouldnt be opening until mid-November. Then the second big disappointment was the fact that you cant go near the Burj Al Arab without being a guest in the six star hotel. The only way to go inside the Burj is to make a reservation at one of their restaurants. We tried to get a reservation yesterday but it was fully booked. Luckily we went to the Wild Wadi waterpark climbed up to the top waterslide and got a great view of the Burj.

The Burj Al Arab.

The Wadi was hilarious. Most of the waterslides go up-hill. You ride on inner tubes and huge jets propel you uphill. I recently got a underwater case for my digital camera so I got some excellent footage of riding the slides.

Jeff at the Wild Wadi Waterpark.

Today we went on a 4×4 safari through the dunes. It was awesome! It was XTREME!!! haha.

JEFF had this to say:

The whole place was a bit surreal. A little bit too controled. Being there during Ramadan didn’t help that much either(as was pointed out by our taxi driver so eloquently, "Why the hell did you come here during Ramadan" - he didn’t get a tip). The Wild Wadi park was cool, but I can envision a water park that could be so much more XTREME. We were thinking something along the lings of getting shot up hill and then fired into a pool 40 feet below.

Also, Jon pushed me at the water park and I broke my toe on a step. I tried to get him back by pushing him off the "double tube" we were riding, but when I turned around the tube riding Gestapo(read: "lifeguard") whistled that fun idea right out of my head.

The Toyota Landcruisers.