An Era of the New World

by Druthi BM (India)

A leap into the unknown United Arab Emirates

This is a story of being leaped into the unknown world, of UAE. I did not have any plans of travel during that year until it occurred to me that I have an opportunity of travel to Dubai. After years of lifehood in India, this travel was really an era of the new world. As I packed my baggage & was set to leave I was really excited about the new world. In few days of time I entered the sandy world & also a land of architecture. I called it the land of architecture because it occurred to me that the country had huge buildings with multiple layers to the buildings. It was a 10 day travel & I got opportunities to local connections & people. This unknown world was very pleasant & mind relaxing to me. Local connections were easy to build & the best part was the local travel like taking the local buses & metros for travel to different places. Each day was a surprise package to me. The experience of food & culture & customs were quite interesting. The story behind each architectural buildings was fabulous to hear & learn. Within a few miles we travelled to Abu Dhabi, a desert land. I had the greatest experience in the sandy world with lot of sandy sports. It was a good sandy ride & unlike the usual sand was very smooth, clean & tidy. Apart from this, camel rides were quite emotional & I learnt the bonding with animals. The story behind each palace, kings & queens were surprising to hear about. The cultures inside each palace was neatly conveyed to the tourists. Desert camps was the most involved bonding with pure nature. Rides to aquariums was another way of bonding with water animals wherein I really was surprised by the creation of these watery creatures & their way of existence. It was really an experience into the new world on the whole... Buildings! Deserts! Watery animals!