Shutting Down the Engines

After a week of fun and adventure in Dubai, we landed at New Delhi IGI airport on the evening of March 10. We had a day in between before we go out again on an adventure to the land of mystic beauty, i.e., Sikkim. Along with that, we had Darjeeling also on our list. Since we want to restore our energy to make most out of our upcoming trip. So, what could be better than a short cultural walk? We went to the national museum of New Delhi, which consists of a maze of rooms that took us from Stone Age to Harappa civilization to the era of Buddha. We meditated near the relics of The Enlighten one- “Gautam Buddha.” After a doze of inner peace, we went on to explore the various artifacts present in the museum belonging to the era of numerous dynasties, narrating the reach culture of our country. As the insightful tour at the museum draws to end, our stomachs started growling. So, we took an Uber and landed at nearby Mc Donalds. After enjoying our meal at Mc Donalds, we went to India Gate, where we relaxed a bit in the park before finally heading to our apartment. We called off the day a little early as we need to pack our bags for the upcoming trip, and we were left with only 10 hours before our next flight to Bagdogra.

A Day in Abu Dhabi

Cultural Square

Our day started slightly early than usual as we were required to board the bus at 8.00 from the front gate of our hotel. Before I take you through the journey of my experiences in Abu Dhabi, let me tell you something which I missed, we booked our one-day trip to Abu Dhabi through a travel agency (Ryan travels). It took us around two hours to reach Abu Dhabi; as we moved through the city, we saw a lot of buildings of commercial importance and some shouting out about the architectural feat of the state. The first structure which we saw was the capital gate building, which holds the Guinness record of being the world’s furthest leaning man-made tower with a precipitous slope of 18 degrees, which is five times the slope of leaning tower of Pisa. We were just getting out of the amazement evoked by the capital gate building when we came across another architectural marvel, i.e., Aldar headquarters, which is first of its kind circular building in the Middle East. As we traversed further through the city, we saw cultural square, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce, before making our first pit stop at Miraj Museum.

Snow in the Middle of Nowhere

After walking thousands of steps the previous day, our legs were crying out loud for rest, but when one is on such a tightly scheduled trip, then there is no time to take rest. Thus we found a middle way which served both the purposes, i.e., giving our legs the much-needed rest and continue our action-packed trip. We decided to take a leisure walk on the warm sands at the Jumeirah beach and to click some selfies near iconic Burj Al Arab, which is one of the most expensive hotels in the world. We started our day a little late and reached the Jumeirah beach at around 11.30. After spending some good amount of time in the calm waters of the Persian Gulf and giving our bodies the much-needed potion of vitamin D. We went to Burj Al Arab to flaunt our camera skills😊. I understand most of you must be familiar with the architectural feat of the Burj Al Arab. In fact, like me, many of you might have even watched the complete structural design of the Hotel in the episode of Megastructure on Nat Geo. But trust me when I saw the iconic design of the Hotel, in reality, I was flabbergasted, and the words which crossed my mind was WoW!