Dubai – Dubai Frame and Lunch November 19, 2023

Well, after that record high elevation day yesterday and the bizarre dinner, got downstairs in good time for breakfast – despite it being a Sunday and the buffet being open later! Unlike the two avocado toast that I had received yesterday, today somehow my ordered doubled and I received 4! My goodness – Andrew had to help me finish them! I love avocado toast – especially when that avocados are fresh and ripe, like they are in Dubai! The chef is just so kind to me always wanting me to eat more! He has already gone well beyond the call of duty!

Next we hopped into a taxi and went to the last tourist outing we were going to do in this city – the Dubai Frame! This is a bizarre structure – yes it IS a GIANT picture frame that is supposed to signify the transition between old Dubai and new Dubai. As most things in Dubai, there is gold on it too or at least the look of gold and it is an excessive display of wealth.

I had bought tickets on one of the tourist websites which offers a cash back feature if you book more than one outing and as this was our 3rd outing we got $20 USD off which was cool and halved our admission price!

Now, we walked in the park, which was beautiful, towards the Frame. There was a HUGE snaking line up and I figured at that point, based on the line, that we might not make our 1pm deadline for lunch. Oh I FORGOT, I am using a walker! Security saw me walking towards the line and motioned for me to come see them. So I walked over with Andrew behind me and sure enough he told me to go right to the front door. So off we went on the “accessible” route which was also marked for those who are visually impaired, right threw the front door (where inside the line looped back around a couple of times) and they held the line for us to go through to the elevator that took us upstairs to the elevators to go up the “Frame”. Once upstairs, we walked through a small area that showed a bit of the history of Dubai – reminded me of the Museum in Victoria, BC and we were at the elevator ready to go up the side of the Frame. Surprisingly, despite the crowd outside, we got a private elevator to go up the Frame and we were at the top in seconds! I do not know what it is about elevators in Dubai however they are VERY fast!

What a view from up top! Not as high as the Burj Khalifa the day before, but a different type of view as the “Frame” is sort of on an angle when facing downtown Dubai. It also has this scroll like covering for the windows which made framing pictures (no pun intended) a bit unique! The only “strange” thing that happened was when we got out of the elevator the greeter specifically told me to stay off the glass part of the floor (yes mum – there is a glass floor in certain areas to look down) and they continued to do that for the 2 other people who arrived in wheelchairs too. I guess they do not want wheels on the glass!

It was a fun thing to do but VERY touristy and soon we had enough – they were controlling how many people went up vs. down so it was not packed however you can only view things so much and then it is time to go. So down we went with a family who was upset that they were not given “priority” in the elevator as they had a child. Some tourist are just not meant to be tourists!

So back into a cab we got and back to the hotel to await our guest for lunch… We have flown half the way around the world to visit Dubai and how funny was it that Andrew’s brother David was going to be on a business trip to Dubai at the same time!

So David met us in our suite and then we went downstairs to the Sports Bar where the World Cricket Game was playing (bar was quiet though) and we had lunch and the boys had beer. After a while I left them to their own discussion and went up to the 41st floor for a pedicure!

The lady who did my pedicure was from Indonesia and was very nice. It was a different kind of pedicure than I have ever had – she really worked hard and did all the work on her hands and knees while I sat on a chair – not one of those cool big chairs that you semi recline and that massage you that you get with a pedicure in North America – just a plain jane chair with arms on it and a bit of padding. She was also quite the perfectionist when it came to putting polish on my nails!

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