Dubai has always been on my list of places to visit and after several transits through I've finally visited this amazing city. I didn't realise how spread out the Dubai actually is. However, the public transport really makes commuting very easy and is linked by sky bridge to the major malls.

During my stay I only had two days to myself to explore, So to make the most of my time I grabbed my camera and hopped on the metro. My first stop was a quick visit to the famous Palm & Atlantis hotel.

Next was the Dubai mall with the aquarium and boy it's huge, I actually think we have malls smaller than the aquarium back home in Manchester. Next was the world's tallest building the Burj Khalifa that has a staggering 163 floors and stands just shy of 830 meters. I will say if you want to visit the viewing platform book it in advance as they wanted 500AED so around £115 on the day, I now know for next time.

It really came apparent how wealthy Dubai really is when I was walking around the marina surrounded by skyscrapers like the Cayan tower that twists or the Hilton hotel that looks like R2D2 and million dollar yachts being polished by crew, amazing how the other half live.