entendered: Emirates Palace Hotel Dome
entendered: mmmm symmetry
entendered: A little closer
entendered: That's gold
entendered: Seriously, not gold leaf
entendered: A lot of gold
entendered: Scale model of planned Guggenheim
entendered: I'm the one in the black tshirt
entendered: The dhow fishermen preparing nets
entendered: Fishing pots
entendered: Dhows
entendered: More dhows
entendered: Dhow life
entendered: Humble living before extravagant buildings
entendered: The life aquatic
entendered: Arches and minarets
entendered: Not gold, but pretty inlay
entendered: The central square
entendered: Minaret
entendered: The side entrance
entendered: The domes
entendered: The antechamber (note the small chandelier)
entendered: The first time that patterns like this have been laid into the crystal.
entendered: I love the way the pattern on the floor flows into and up the wall
entendered: The biggest chandelier ever
entendered: Swarovski crystals
entendered: It's enormous
entendered: To provide some scale
entendered: The names of Allah
entendered: Detail on the rear wall