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with the creek, the Al Khor, which is
the heart of the city. Towards its mouth,
on the west bank, is the rambling Sheikh
Saeed Al Maktoum House, the former official
family residence and administrative nucleus
of old Dubai.
Adjacent
to it lies the hubbub of Bur Dubai with
its crammed shopping precincts and never-say-die
vendors. There you'll also find the Dubai
Museum, the colourful textile souq and
the old quarter of Bastakia. Further down,
towards the west, is Jumeira and Dubai's
classic beachfront, a 60-kilometre long
belt of sand and resorts, beginning with
the Dubai Marine Beach Resort and ending
at the doorstep of Jebel Ali, the busy
port complex and free trade zone.
In
between is the awesome bulk of the new
Jumeira Beach Tower, a 321-metre tall
structure shooting out of the sea. Extending
southwards from the shoreline is part
of the city: the Emirates Golf Club, the
space-age commercial towers of Sheikh
Zayed Road, the unmistakable World Trade
Centre and -- swinging back towards the
creek -- the verdant green expanse of
the creekside park. Across the Al Khor
with a glimpse of the dhows.
There
on the east bank is the Dubai Creek Golf
Course with its icon, the sail-shaped
clubhouse. Ahead lies the expanse of the
Dubai International Airport with its new
Terminal 2 while to the north and the
Arabian Gulf is the centre of Dubai's
commerce: Deira and the old souq. On this
bank of the creek you'll find the dhows,
several hundred of them, overlooked by
some of the city's most magnificent pieces
of architecture: the Dubai Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, the Bank of Dubai
and the Etisalat Tower. Clustered around
the final bend of the Al Khor is the spice
souq, the bargain-basement street shopping
centres of Naif Road and Nasser Square
and finally -- what every wish list ought
to end with -- Dubai's dazzling Gold Souq.
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