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Dubai Attractions

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           Dubai in my opinion, is by far, one of the most attractive, low budget , foreign destination to visit from a tourist perspective in general and from an Indian tourist perspective in particular. Multiple reasons including: Proximity to India(3-4 hours flight from Delhi/Bangalore/Mumbai/Kochi within ~20K INR) Language comfort (Hindi, English, Tamil, Malyalam, Telgu, Urdu - almost all the languages are mostly understood here) Indian cuisine availability (both veg and non veg options are available) Temperature (pretty much like north India, 18'C in winters to 48'C in summers) Currency conversion (its not too much off radar 1AED ~ 19INR).  Hence my current blog is based on my local experience of staying in this place for almost an year. It is written with a view to assist people for planning their travel itinerary for Dubai from a #desiangle:)  I have jotted down almost all the places which are popular or known here along with their categorisation bas

Dubai through my eyes

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Hi there, penning down residence experience at Dubai to share with people who may have questions like a. How is life at Dubai; b. As a working professional does it makes sense to relocate to Dubai; c. As a single women, is it safe to solo travel & reside at Dubai etc. For those who have no questions, please enjoy a casual read.. I have been in Dubai since June’ 2018 and my experience with the city has been been super amazing so far; to the extent that given a choice today, I will prefer staying in Dubai instead of either in  London or New York or Paris. Just to give you some context, I hail from a small town in central India and am a resident of New Delhi currently. Strategy consultant by profession, I had been on a resident visa in a couple of countries before including UK, US, Singapore and France. The views shared here are completely personal based on my limited experience living in Tecom area in Dubai, hence my blog is titled “ Dubai