Evening began with plans for a movie, and the three of us decided to head for metroplex in downtown. All the displayed movies seemed lousy and having endured the terminator salvation in the gone weekend, we agreed in chorus that we will scoot and instead visit the much hyped Dubai fountain.
The outdoor climate in Dubai is beyond description now a days, even after sunset you dont feel like stepping outside( betwee 50.2 degrees was the recorded maximum temperature yesterday and that too with 100 Percent relative humidity), so entering the cool air conditioned Dubai mall was really a relief thing. Mostly for the population in UAE, the choicest summer destinations/outings are these centrally air conditioned colossal malls.
The outdoor climate in Dubai is beyond description now a days, even after sunset you dont feel like stepping outside( betwee 50.2 degrees was the recorded maximum temperature yesterday and that too with 100 Percent relative humidity), so entering the cool air conditioned Dubai mall was really a relief thing. Mostly for the population in UAE, the choicest summer destinations/outings are these centrally air conditioned colossal malls.
Naturally, now we wanted to have another peek at the breath taking indoor aquarium, which is the grand attraction of this mall. This is a huge aquarium about 50m x 20m and almost three storey’s tall , filled up with about 10 million litres of water. Here you get to see a pristine deep blue aquarium with more than 33000 living marine animals and “finding nemo” ocean floor ambience. It has a 48 m long transparent tunnel at ground level running through its length and gives you a chance to be up close and personal with the romantic sharks and sting rays.
A little walk from here takes you to another soothing and mind blowing place – the indoor waterfalls - I was seeing this for the first time yesterday and was impressed. This artificial fall is about 3 storey’s high and the gurgling sounds of the water cascading down to the pool is truly relaxing and so natural.
We wanted to enjoy this relaxing atmosphere for a while and chose to try out the Entrecote Café de Paris – which is snugly located at the base of this waterfall phenomenon – the name of the café sure did sound trouble. The friendly steward placed a 2 tiered metal apparatus on the table and tried to explain their wonderful custom of serving some odd salad - strangely this did not excite us much – we enquired if we can have some hot beverages alone. The guy was sorry and mentioned that they don’t allow that. We ended up ordering brownies aux noix and three types of coffee, the names of which would instantly make the reader skip to the next guys blog (ഈശ്വരാ …...പുട്ടും കടലയും കഴിച്ചു നടന്ന പിള്ളാരൊക്കെ ഇപ്പോള് ബ്രൌണീസ് aux noix-e കഴിക്കു ...).
Soon after the Italian adventure we headed to see another inspiring Dubai wonder – the Dubai fountain which is located in the compound of this mall itself. By the way, Dubai mall is located at the foot of the tallest tower Burj Dubai, and this happens to be the prime location of downtown.
The Burj dubai lake was silent with soft music in the open air. To our left side is the beautifully lit up Burj lake hotel and to the right is the still under construction Burj Dubai sky scraper. Some time in the past, I had been to the Burj lake hotel couple times, during its construction and then these neighbourhood were of a typical dusty construction site, but now it has transformed to an adorable place. We waited and waited....no fountains - by the time we had doubts whether the fountains were no more operated for the unpaid electricity bills, the show started.
The lights went dim and music went up – boy, it was one of the most fascinating spectacles I had seen in a long time. It is said that the fountain shoots water to heights of over 150 metres ( about the height of a 50 storey building). And once the fountain is operational, at any given moment about 22000 gallons of water is in the air! The water jets illuminated by terrific lighting, dances in all possible intricate eyecandy 3D patterns you could ever imagine, to the music being played - and you will crave for more once the music stops. We waited for a second round and this time the music changed from western classical to Arabic – once again words fail – you have to see it to believe it.
Being close to the lake, we were soaked in the spray and that was when Mahesh mentioned about the pending sewage analysis of the lakes water. The lakes water had turned greenish recently due to some contamination...it did taste good...well lets find out in the coming days :D
Being close to the lake, we were soaked in the spray and that was when Mahesh mentioned about the pending sewage analysis of the lakes water. The lakes water had turned greenish recently due to some contamination...it did taste good...well lets find out in the coming days :D
Wonders apart its sickening to think about the huge energy consumption for the maintanence of these stuff and the consequent environmental effects. Well swim on... I offer my hollow apologies to the ecology.
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