Another mall we checked out was the Ibn Battuta mall. This mall is at the far end of New Dubai, so was a little costly in a cab to get to. It was worth it however, and was for our money the mos ...

The Bur Dubai Souq, across from Deira and right next to the abra station (this is where the boats drop you off when you cross the creek) had some of the best deals we saw in Dubai. Lots of knocko ...

Ski Dubai and the Mall of the Emirates is another must-see in Dubai. Despite being Canadian, we'd never actually been downhill skiing, but why not start in Dubai? Attached to the shopping mall, ...

Right beside the Burj Al Arab is Souq Madinat Jumeirah. This is a high-end shopping mall/"souk", which is the cleaned-up, high price version of the souks elsewhere in the city. This is more of a ...

The next morning we headed out to explore Deira. We started out wandering through the electronics market. Nothing very exciting - prices were similar to or worse than what we can get in the US. ...