(3th and 4th of July) We all took the way to Budapest only in order to get a cheap flight to Dubai. Then traveling from Dubai to Abu Dhabi where another cheap flight will bring us to Almaty, Kazakhstan.
After some unpleasant encounters with border guards at Dubai airport, we finally make it out from the airport into the enormous heat.
We take a bus to the closest metro station and are surprised by the coldness inside of it – just the small step from the platform into the train demonstrates quickly the outside heat. Luckily, I don’t have to pay their electricity bill. But I also don’t own much oil to generate cheap electricity.
Arriving at the cheapest hotel we could find, we figure out that it is actually surprisingly good.
However, the area gives already proper dystopian Dubai-vibes including unfinished skyscrapers and wired people on the streets.
The next day, we take the metro of Dubai to its very end. The route is easly findable via Google Maps and one can by everything by card – no need to get local currency!
On the way, we see the highest building in the world. And we also notice how human-hostile this city seems. Is it only due to the heat that there are no points where people can assembly? Is it a coincidence that the great majority of the people on the metro are obviously immigrants and likely highly dependent on the metro. Stopping it may bring immigrants life to a stand-still immediately (ein Schelm, wer Böses dabei denkt).
Anyways, from the last station, we catch a bus to Abu Dhabi. We are lucky: The bus may had been already departured according to schedule, but the bus driver saw us running and even helped us quickly buying a ticket at the counter.