Dubai me something nicer, please

I never wanted to visit Dubai, but when it suddenly was a relatively cheap stop-over between much more interesting places, my principles suddenly flew out the window. So here it is, a couple of days of my life in the pretentious and surreal waste of perfectly good desert that goes by the name of Dubai. I take no responsibility for what may happen to your eyes while looking through these photos.

 

Dubai-bai!

Jeg hadde jo egentlig aldri noe lyst til å dra til Dubai, men da det plutselig var en åpning for en relativt billig stopp på veien til et mye finere sted, så forsvant alle prinsippene mine ut vinduet. Så her har du en gjengivelse av hvordan jeg brukte et par dager i Dubai, dette pretensiøse lille luksushjørnet som ellers ville vært en finfin ørken. Jeg tar ikke ansvar for hva som kan skje med deg hvis du ser igjennom bildene.

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About the photos:
* Taken with a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX400 (fixed lens, not an SLR)
* These 46 photos were selected from about 1,200 photos I took during this trip 
* Some photos were processed using PaintShop Photo Pro X5 and Nik Color Efex Pro 3

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(Where you can also download my travel book, One for the Road, for free!)