Dubai Misses You

Have you ever thought what it would be like to visit Dubai for just a day? You might loose yourself in the Gold market, find exotic shoes, or trip over a bucket of spices. These might be a few of things that first come to your mind when you think of the Arabic peninsula. You might even as I had, the opportunity to be taught how to pray at a couple mosques (one which was quite enormous). They will buy you clothes a Kufi (Muslim traditional hat), and introduce you to the local Shehe (religious leader) in hopes that you will mutter the words of conversion. They will then drive you around the city in their Mercedes and chant religious prayers for you (partly because they can not speak English). As the day slowly creeps on these two kind Muslim Arabs you slowly started to realize that the once image of spices, desserts, gold, and trade has been replaces with people who in every action thought, chanted and walked with their god. Despite the uniformly built buildings and westernized shopping centers the landscape is void of moisture and full of mystery. And as you slowly made your way back to the airport to board the plane you feel a sigh of relief and remember the thoughts of before you arrived. You have finally experienced Dubai.