Shopping is what you do in Dubai when you want to escape the heat. The malls here are massive, with side attractions that might just include a ski slope or a giant aquarium or even the world's tallest building. Needless to say designer brands dominate, but just about everything in the mall is not what you would find at home...we simply couldn't afford it! Not only that, but where would one put a life-sized stone camel, or a chandelier the size of your average house. However we did enjoy the cafes and some of the smaller shops, and I just can't wait for Pottery Barn to make its way to Australia.
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I was taken also by the 'Lady Counter'. We'd been watching all the white robed men leading their black robed entourages of wives around the malls, and when I saw the 'Lady Counter' sign, I had this fantasy it was some device to count your ladies, to check that not too many of them had gone missing in the Dior or Fendi store. I think it was actually a ladies only checkout at a department store.
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