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Dubai Highs | Fiona Dunlop | United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Dubai City

“That flag-pole is so tall that they had to make an extra-large flag for it. But then it was so heavy that it never flapped in the wind,” the guide tells me. “So then they installed a wind machine!”

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Horse-Racing in Dubai | Tim Elliott | United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Dubai City

The jockeys, most of whom were from the UK or Australia, looked even smaller than normal, like luminous little Gobstoppers tacked on to the animals’ backs

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Ski Dubai | Amar Grover | United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Dubai City

Most visitors are impressed by the quality of its powdery snow; aficionados urge morning visits when it’s at its best. But this is neither the Alps nor Aspen; it is a giant ice-box in Arabia and expectations ought to be realistic

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There Ain't Nuthin' Like a Dome | Arnie Wilson | United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Dubai City

The Persian Gulf’s first snowdome, ‘Ski Dubai’, an indoor ski-slope where state-of-the-art snowmaking systems will carpet an area the size of three football fields

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