Lacinda
A "must see" in Dubai is the Gold Souk. More gold, gems, and diamonds for sale here than almost anywhere else. There are several covered streets lined with small shops showcasing wealth that you can't imagine. The rich of the world come here to play - middle eastern, african, indian, chinese, european - you name it. And it shows. You want to keenly feel how much you are NOT the .001% - come here and check this out... It is quite humbling to be standing in front of something casually hanging in a window that you know may well be worth more than your house.
And you may wonder if the color is off on my camera, but it's not. Much of this is 22 karat gold. Yup, you heard right. In the US, the land of 10, 14 and 18, we don't see this stuff. It is almost orange it is so pure. This is what they use in India, and we think much of this might be suitable for an Indian wedding as it reminds us of what we saw when we were there. Beautiful stuff, even if you don't like yellow gold. Though, they also had plenty of white, enough to make me drool.
Some of the items on display are gorgeous and make you want to sell a kidney to get it. On the other hand, some of it illustrates how truly tacky one can be - if you can afford it. Really really RICH tacky. They have it all.... And I didn't get any of it. We eyeballed some diamond earrings, but no go for Cindy. I kept repeating in my mind "I got a new deck this year... I got a new deck this year..." So no earrings, but lots of nice photos.
A "must see" in Dubai is the Gold Souk. More gold, gems, and diamonds for sale here than almost anywhere else. There are several covered streets lined with small shops showcasing wealth that you can't imagine. The rich of the world come here to play - middle eastern, african, indian, chinese, european - you name it. And it shows. You want to keenly feel how much you are NOT the .001% - come here and check this out... It is quite humbling to be standing in front of something casually hanging in a window that you know may well be worth more than your house.
And you may wonder if the color is off on my camera, but it's not. Much of this is 22 karat gold. Yup, you heard right. In the US, the land of 10, 14 and 18, we don't see this stuff. It is almost orange it is so pure. This is what they use in India, and we think much of this might be suitable for an Indian wedding as it reminds us of what we saw when we were there. Beautiful stuff, even if you don't like yellow gold. Though, they also had plenty of white, enough to make me drool.
Some of the items on display are gorgeous and make you want to sell a kidney to get it. On the other hand, some of it illustrates how truly tacky one can be - if you can afford it. Really really RICH tacky. They have it all.... And I didn't get any of it. We eyeballed some diamond earrings, but no go for Cindy. I kept repeating in my mind "I got a new deck this year... I got a new deck this year..." So no earrings, but lots of nice photos.
Marshall's face says it all.... :)
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