Dubai Day 5: Top of Dubai.

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Elsy had trouble staying asleep at night so I ended up waking up every hour from 0300 until 0600 with a couple of two hour naps book ending that duration. I have not gotten a lot of good sleep since we got here.

Maggie and I on the staircase connecting the two observation decks.

We did end up getting out to the Mall of the Emirates to take a look at what Ski Dubai was like. (We may go back to check it out - but not at regular price.) Then Maggie and I went up the Burj Khalifa to take a look from the 125th floor and watch the sunset. Unfortunately, it took so long for us to get up on the elevator that we missed out on the sunset. In fact, there were lineups everywhere we went: going up the building, going down the building, waiting for a taxi. Next time, we will go to tourist destinations during the week days, not the weekends!

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