Globalism Pictures: Ships and towers - very Dubai.
Globalism Pictures: The call to prayer goes out five times a day.
Globalism Pictures: Large mosque with twin towers.
Globalism Pictures: Decorated Arab horses are seen at various points across the city.
Globalism Pictures: Another fine stallion.
Globalism Pictures: Newspaper delivery, Dubai style.
Globalism Pictures: The Dubai Customs building, looking like a ship and an almost minor example of the city's ostentacious architecture.
Globalism Pictures: More ships and towers, this time as viewed across Dubai Creek.
Globalism Pictures: Some of the constructions demonstrate what people are capable of when their only limit is their imagination.
Globalism Pictures: Futurism and water.
Globalism Pictures: Many of the buildings look so clean and new, often because they are.
Globalism Pictures: Skyline cut in a mildly unusual way.
Globalism Pictures: Canvas sunscreen.
Globalism Pictures: A detail from the biggest and most expensive looking shopping mall I've ever seen.
Globalism Pictures: Palm silhouetted against the sunset.
Globalism Pictures: Palm in broad daylight and bright sunshine, down by the creek.
Globalism Pictures: Prayer tower topped with an Arab crescent.
Globalism Pictures: Sandstone prayer tower and deep blue sky.
Globalism Pictures: Street corner detail.
Globalism Pictures: There's something about the way that sunlight hits sandstone...
Globalism Pictures: Up the wall.
Globalism Pictures: Dubai Museum...perhaps...
Globalism Pictures: Balcony laundry drying, Dubai style.
Globalism Pictures: While construction is a very common sight, rubble is less so.
Globalism Pictures: Arabic novelties and Indian textiles. Dubai is undoubtedly a shoppers paradise.
Globalism Pictures: Beyond the city, the desert...
Globalism Pictures: A 4WD train in the distance, carrying passengers in an exhilarating ride over rising and falling dunescapes.
Globalism Pictures: Unless practised in 'dune bashing', it's wise to go along with an experienced driver...
Globalism Pictures: The ship of the desert has been largely replaced by the car of the desert.
Globalism Pictures: Stopping for sunset.