Golden Ratio

Many of you might be perplexed by reading the heading Golden Ratio and must be thinking what it has to do with traveling. Well, you are correct; it has nothing to do with traveling, but with the next man-made marvel that we visited on Day 3, i.e., Dubai Frame. At the first glance, one gets an impression of the Dubai Frame as a giant portal gateway to another dimension. However, don’t worry, it’s not. It showcases very meticulously how everything started in Dubai; how it used to look 50 years ago in terms of landscape, lifestyle, trade, etc. and where it is heading towards. Once we entered the frame, we walked through the history of Dubai, the whole presentation was so vivid, and created to such a detail, that for a moment we felt as if we time-traveled to 1960s and 70s.
After walking through the past, we took the elevator and reached the height of 150 meters to witness prospering Dubai. There is a smart glass floor, which becomes crystal clear as you walk over it and creates an illusion as if you are walking in the sky. After capturing the beautiful view of the city in our phones, we took an elevator to exit where we entered into the third phase of the story, i.e., the future of Dubai. The presentation revealed the focus of Dubai for the next 50 years in domains like aerospace, medical, etc. At the end of the visit, we learned some more detail about Dubai Frame like it is constructed as per the golden ratio (In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratios are same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities [Wikipedia]).

After witnessing the exciting and lightning-fast growth of Dubai and the plans of his highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, we went to the world’s tallest building, or we can say a vertical city, i.e., Burj-Khalifa. Many of us must be familiar with the building as it has been featured in many TV series (Mega Structures) and movies (Mission ImpossibleIII: Rogue Nation). The way to Burj is via Dubai Mall; therefore, we decided to take the metro from ADCB, which was the nearest station to the Dubai frame.

P.S.: By nearest, I meant that it took us some 20-25 minutes on foot, and if you take a cab, then it will take you around 6-7 minutes.

After taking a drop at the Dubai Mall metro station, we glided over the endless stream of travelators to reach the entrance of the mall. It took us around 15 minutes, hopping from one travelator to other. After entering the mall, we realized that the Dubai Mall was way grander than we anticipated. After walking for a while and taking few flights down the escalator, we finally reached the ticket counter of Burj Khalifa. After reaching the ticket counter, we were informed that all the tickets had already got sold out. So, here is the lesson for my readers, please book your tickets well in advance😊. One can secure the tickets from various online portals like www.headout.com or local travel agents.

After the failed attempt to see the Burj, we decided to do some shopping at the mall as our next plan was to watch the much-talked fountain show of Dubai Mall. We reached the fountain show premises around 17.45 to grab the best viewing spot; if you reach later than 17.45 for 18.30, then you will not be able to get the best view. The show lasted for 5 minutes or so, but it was worth waiting for. After enjoying the fountain show, we headed back to our hotel, and on the way, we grabbed our meal from Mc Donalds. Upon reaching the hotel, to give our legs the much needed rest we relaxed by the pool while sipping our chilled Coke.