Our tour to Dubai was now nearing its end. We had visited most of the places. Now some of the few places to visit are Sharjah and Dubai Land. So we had decided to visit them both at the same time.
We set of in the morning to go to Sharjah. It being a Friday morning in UAE, the traffic was very less. Our tour till outskirts of Sharjah was very beautiful. There were tree plantations on both the sides of the road. We also saw the Dubai airport in broad daylight. We had every time seen it at night. Then we entered Sharjah. It was a horrific surprise for us. We could not believe our eyes. The Sharjah about which we had heard so much and it turned out to be a shabby place. There were cars parked all over the road. This was due to absence of car parking space in or around the huge towers. This was quite an antithesis to the glorious histories which had take place in this city. But the main shock was to come later.
Sharjah cricket stadium which was one of the best stadiums in the world and the one with some magnificent history was the main attraction on our trip to Sharjah. We reached the stadium after navigating our way through narrow city roads. The logo of the Sharjah Cricket Stadium was clearly visible now. We entered the parking lot of the stadium with the hopes of witnessing the stadium but it was not to be. When we reached the gate we were told that the stadium was closed for the day due to some program organised for the Bangladeshi cine stars! This was completely ridiculous as we had come from such long place to see the Sharjah stadium and we were not allowed to see it. We tried to persuade the guard that we would not take any pictures and would come out within five minutes but in vain. He was as stubborn as a mule. At last, we gave up.
Now we decided to visit some other places in Sharjah like the Gold Souk and the corniche walk created over their. It being a Friday morning the gold souk was almost closed. So we proceeded to the corniche walk. This is a beautiful place created along the creek. There is an artificial island situated in the creek. It was very beautiful covered with greenery all over it. This place can be called the only saving grace of Sharjah. After taking some pictures here, we were retracing our way to Dubai. In the way we happened to see a beautiful mosque. It was inspired by the Turkish style of architecture. It had a huge dome and two tall minarets. There seemed to be more than one entrance to the mosque. We went near it, captured this master piece in our camera lens and moved on.
Our next destination was Dubai land. This is place created to present its visitors with the future of Dubai. There are miniature maps and models depicting various changes that would be taking place in Dubai down the timeline. There were life size statutes of elephants, giraffes, dolphins and Pandas. They were so accurately depicted in those statues that they created an illusion of being really present there. Every minutest detail was taken care of in them. The disappointment caused earlier in the day in Sharjah was completely wiped out now. They created a very refreshing atmosphere. There was desert all around it and this really proved to be an Oasis in the desert. We were just roaming around in the area and adoring its natural beauty when we came up with the second shock of the day- Tigers. Live.
There was a glass enclosure near a building. Inside it an artificial habitat resembling the natural one was created. In it were the two tigers. The magnificent and the royal animal commanded awe and respect from the viewers. It was a sight to behold. An 8ft tiger roaming just few feet’s away from us and still we were safe and sound. Those two captives also seemed to like the interest showered on them by the viewers and the fear it created in the minds of its onlooker. There was a gleam in the beautiful beast’s eye which was roaring at us that even when I am the captive the fear is within your heart and not mine.
After spending some time there we were again on our way back to house. There we encountered the global village festival taking place there. It is huge places were commodities which are special in that parts of the world are traded. Various miniature artifacts which are specialty of a particular country are displayed. After taking a quick ride in this area we went back to the place we call home.
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