Dubai 2009

Welcome to burgeoning Dubai, one of seven Emirates (like states) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  Often wrongly thought of as a city, the Emirate of Dubai is the most populous in the UAE.  Oil was discovered in Dubai in 1966, and over the 43 years until our visit in 2009 this place has grown exponentially.  Today, it is a sprawling, modern city of many skyscrapers as you can see here along Sheik Zayed Road.  That is the newly opened Metro system on the right.