Dubai is surreal - which is probably why some of these photos look it. That's not so surprising I guess, for a city which has been constructed virtually from nothing in the past 30 years - and all due to simple economic policy, rather than resource like so many of it's neighbours. Seeing sights in Dubai really is a parade of hotels, malls and sky-high bars - all populated by a strange mix of characters from all over the world, all there essentially for the same thing: money, and the lifestyle that has been built around it.
On arriving there to meet with my friend Mo, we were greeted with some truly astounding views across the city from the hotel, as the weather closed in over the gulf. With lightning playing around the tallest building in the world, it looked like a scene from some fictional post-apocalyptic future - and while there's been no apocalypse yet, it certainly does feel like this is someone's concept of what the future should look like.
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