Took the Metro finally. It's quite what you expect it to be, smooth, silent and uneventful. And surprisingly crowded,- probably the Friday effect.
A return from Deira City Centre to Mall of the Emirates costs AED 11/- per person, and another AED 2000/- if you want to stop wherever you want. Also, for another AED 200/-, you can also eat and drink on board.
That apart, it's actually a very fresh perspective on Dubai, and the city really looks greener on the high side. Like Dhanya noted, Sheikh Mohammed truly had something that the rest of the Peninsula didn't,- vision. In spite of having oil sprouting out of the ground, none of our neighbours could conceive of anything remotely close, and many still don't seem to have figured it out.
If it weren't for the recession that even our friendly-neighbourhood conmen from Wall Street couldn't predict, Dubai would have steamed ahead even more. Talking about prediction, they sure didn't predict it, as they actually invented it for all of us to suffer.
Anyway, great going Dubai.
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