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Only a few short years ago this photo would have been nothing but desert, but today Old Town Dubai can claim the world’s tallest building, the world’s largest mall and the world's largest fountain show. (You can see the fountains springing up at the base of the Burj Khalifa)

In the distance to the right of the Khalifa are the futuristic skyscrapers that line Sheikh Zayed Road, which much like everything else in Dubai are either newly constructed or are still being constructed.

My biggest regret about visiting Dubai is that I didn’t get the classic shot looking down Sheikh Zayed Road. I had staked out the perfect position for the photograph from a cab window, which was a highway overpass that looked straight down the middle of it. It was a great location but to say that it wasn’t pedestrian friendly would be a huge understatement. It required crossing a very dangerous street, then a significant walk along a highway and then up onto the overpass with speeding cars only inches away.

My final night in Dubai I decided to give it a shot, but I quickly learned that the reward was not worth the risk so I returned to my hotel. On impulse as I walked through my lobby I asked the concierge if I could go to the roof to take some photographs and to my surprise he obliged

Anyway, this was the view from the Al Manzil Hotel roof as the sunset on my final evening in Dubai…I miss it already!

Taken in: الامارات / دبي / دبي / الوصل (show map)

Taken on: January 25, 2010

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Burj Khalifa

Dubai

Old Town

Al Manzil Hotel

Fountains

Mall

skyscrapers

Canon 5D Mark II

Middle East

Souk Al Bahar

Dubai Mall

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Camera: f/9.0, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Aperture:	f/9.0
ISO:	100
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	PTGui (www.ptgui.com)
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