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Admire the views from Dubai Creek
Dubai Creek has long been the lifeblood of this city. And the best way to get a feel for it is on an abra. These traditional water taxis run regularly, and are chock-full of locals wanting to travel along the shoreline. Make the 15-minute drive from the city centre, and you can charter your own abra with a little bartering. As you head down the creek to Al Maktoum Bridge, you’ll see a mix of gold-plated buildings and wooden dhow boats laden with everything from rice sacks to TVs.Dubai’s cloud-piercing skyline’s pretty impressive, to say the least. And there’s no better place to take it all in than hundreds of floors up, on the observation deck of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. At nearly 3,000 feet tall, it acts as the attention-seeking centrepiece of Downtown Dubai. Floor-to-ceiling windows open up 360-degree views, panning Dubai, the Arabian Desert, and the Gulf of Oman. You’ll get a Boeing-level view of the famous Dubai Fountain, too.
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