Showing posts with label Dubai Shopping festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dubai Shopping festival. Show all posts

Wednesday 6 January 2016

Global village, Dubai, post - two

         

Global village, Dubai...post continued...
Look at the beautiful pavilions of Malaysia and Singapore on the canal shore.

                   


You will find all sorts of interesting things from different countries here. The ceramic dome-shaped vessels are famous for cooking in Morocco. They are called Tajines.

          

Magnificent pavilions of Vietnam and Spain...

                    


It is difficult to finish exploring this awesome place within a day, a week? well...I do not know...each day new and exotic things appear here...!
          


What a beautiful venue...!





Love this place...!

Any plans to visit Dubai? Well, make it a point to visit during the year-end...the time when they conduct the Dubai shopping festival!

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Wednesday 8 April 2015

The Global village, Dubai - an amazing video!


I have blogged a lot before about the Dubai Global village and the Dubai Shopping Festival. While going through my old collections I noticed these videos that were recorded while I visited a while ago. So I thought of uploading these amazing videos.

Dubai shopping festival takes place in the months of January - February every year. The Dubai Global village is a popular attraction in Dubai, UAE. During the time of the festival, the place will be vibrant with cultural shows, fireworks, etc. filled with shopping pavilions of many countries in the world.

This year it will remain open until April 11. Three more days left😊

Awesome Dubai; amazing festival!

Watch these videos too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WywrN5I_qqg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9mMO8gvnxw

http://globalvillage.ae
http://www.mydsf.ae

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Saturday 16 August 2014

Crazy fire - an awesome ride at the Dubai creek during DSF 2011 - 12!

Wow, what a thrilling ride!

This was recorded during the 2011 Dubai shopping festival at Dubai creek.
As you all know Dubai is a wonderful city and walking along the creek during the time of shopping festival is really fun!

For more info about this ride:
http://www.happyfun.ae

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Sunday 4 May 2014

Beautiful Global village, Dubai...amazing pavilions of the participating countries

A very welcoming entrance!

Beautiful Austrian pavilion!

An amazing perfume shop in Global village, exotic Arabic perfumes in attractive bottles!

Tagine (Tagin, Tajin, Tajine) a traditional cooking vessel, conical and dome-shaped, popular in countries like Tunisia, Morocco, and other north African countries. Other beautiful ceramic items are also seen. A paradise for shoppers! Awesome Dubai!

Many South American countries also participating!

Morocco Pavilion! The Moroccan pavilion is where I tasted the Moroccan tea! Already blogged about this exotic drink 😊

There was a demonstration of Shaolin martial arts on the stage just behind the palm tree. Wow, it was thrilling!

Cookies, yummy!

Magnificent pavilions!

Fireworks, dazzling!

Fireworks illuminating the desert sky!  

Candy store from the Netherlands! 

Far Eastern countries 😊


The Indian pavilion was huge! Seen stalls from almost all states showcasing their unique products! It was a wonderful experience visiting our country's Pavilion! 

Malaysia and South Korea. Interesting😊

Singapore was nice πŸ˜Š

Spain was also spacious. Beautiful!

Tunisia - so many interesting things to see!

Beautiful Philippines😊

A video of the cultural show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO-Fkh083_w

These are only a fraction of the huge event. The pictures were shot in 2013. I heard this year it was huge!

http://globalvillage.ae

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Sunday 20 April 2014

Global village, Dubai

The Global village in Dubai is an awesome attraction for tourists and residents alike. Started in 1997 at the Dubai creek modestly it has emerged as a destination of great global importance attracting millions to Dubai in December until April every year during the time of Dubai shopping festival.

From 2005, it had found a permanent location on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Exit 37.
The abra ( traditional boat ) ride along the canal traversing the village was fantastic!
These pictures were shot in 2013 during the shopping festival season.

The Sunset was awesome!



Pavilions of many countries like Germany, Turkey, China, Kingdom of Thailand, India and all middle eastern countries are present. Visit here and you will see the unique attractions of those countries.

http://globalvillage.ae

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Thursday 25 July 2013

Dubai museum - an awesome place to visit!

Dubai Museum is in Al fahidi street in Bur Dubai. It is located in Al fahidi fort, the oldest fort in Dubai.




In the courtyard of the museum, we can see canons, traditional dhows called 'abras', a traditional well etc.


Inside the museum life in the emirate before oil discovery is depicted with realistic voice and video. There is also an exhibit of a partially built 'dhow'. The Dhow is a traditional boat. They were very much skilled in building dhows during that time.  So many artifacts also are exhibited. Many antique items are also on display. 

The nearest metro station is Al Fahidi.

Dubai museum is an important place to visit in Dubai.

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Thursday 4 April 2013

Desert safari - enjoy it in Dubai

If you are visiting Dubai never miss this - desert safari! 
It is a unique experience traveling in a Land Cruiser, enjoying dune bashing, taking pictures of the sunset and spending the remaining evening at a desert camp with camel riding, shisha, pics with Falcon, wearing the local dress, henna painting, watching belly dance etc.



The entertainment at the desert camp will vary from camp to camp; the tour operator who coordinates the program will detail all the activities. Ask about the travel, the type of vehicle, number of passengers, the timings, entertainment details, the total cost including exclusions and inclusions, dinner etc. It is better to start the safari by 4 - 4.30PM so that you can reach the Camp just before full sunset and then you will be able to see the Camp clearly. This will give you enough time for enjoying all the activities there like Camel ride, without any rush. 


The cost will vary depending upon the facilities offered. Almost always, the ads in the newspapers will show the exact cost. But it is always better to ask in detail about the whole package, well in advance.

 You will see plenty of ads in the local newspapers, call them directly and book your slot.  Or the tour desk at the hotel will arrange everything.



The weather is pleasant during the DSF time ie December to February so there will be a lot of crowd during this time. During the summer months it will be difficult because of the extreme heat; still, many people go for this safari. 

Never rush through this important event; take your time, plan the trip in detail and enjoy. If the weather is bad then you will not be able to enjoy it properly.

The Land Cruisers after collecting the passengers from different locations in Dubai will be assembled outside the Camp area. 

The Camps are situated at a distance about 20 minutes drive from Dubai city proper. The drivers will make preparations like deflating the tires etc. and will brief you about the trip just before entering the dune bashing area. They do dune bashing as a group. 

After this, it is time for dune bashing. Be prepared; this is not for the light-hearted. The vehicle will negotiate the dunes mercilessly. This experience is something that we have to enjoy ourselves; it is difficult to describe it in words. The drivers are experienced and skilled. So just relax...!

Dune bashing may last about 20 to 30 minutes. The vehicle will climb the sand dunes full throttle,  ride down just like a feather falling from the sky. Then again another uphill followed by a downhill. Sometimes it is plateau-like, zig zag bashing. I was secured with seatbelt and was lucky in being seated beside the driver in the front. I gripped the handles tightly and controlled my body movements quickly adjusting to the undulating movements of the vehicle. When the vehicle went up the dune summit I could not see the ground or the sand just only the sky in front. It was really scary. Then when it began sliding downwards from the dune top again, I felt that we are falling deep into a dune. When the vehicle went up the butterflies in my stomach began climbing up and when it went down they just came down. During the descend I gripped the handles tightly, I was afraid I will hit my head on the roof of the vehicle. 

This is not a very smooth ride. This is rough and tough. 

The driver according to his expertise will slide the vehicle from a dune sideways. You will be able to see the other vehicles in the group in front and back at a distance; remember they do it as a group most of the times. So there is a good company around!

Finally, they will take you to an area where you can click pics of sunset and Camels. Beautiful!!

Then it is the journey back to the Camp. From here its normal ride, no more dune bashing. Some operators will change the vehicles en route, please inquire about this before you pay. 

There will not be long delays for this change of vehicles. I felt it is better if I could enjoy the whole show traveling in the same vehicle. 

When we reached the Camp we were greeted with soft drinks. Some people carried Falcon and took pictures. The cost was 10 Dirhams.

I did not try the local dress, it was also available for the people interested in taking pics wearing it. There was Shisha in one tent; didn't try it too, you all know very well, smoking is injurious to health. There were some shops selling curios. 

Finally, it was time for belly dance! During this time, a buffet dinner was also served.

Plenty of non-vegetarian and vegetarian items were there. There was a Kandura dance show also. I was told that some Camps also arrange Magic shows. Many people went for Camel riding and Quad biking.

Around 7.15PM we returned. The travel to and fro from the Camp is through the plain terrain, no more dune bashing! 

Altogether it was a wonderful evening, I will never forget that experience. It is better to carry some woolen clothes if you are going in December - February.

Try this, if you think you can!

Enjoy... πŸ˜Š                                                                   

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