So, I’m back in Dubai again, just in time for the opening yet another big new shopping mall. Dubai Festival City doesn’t have any of the ‘one of a kind’ attractions that are quite common in Dubai these days. It does have some spectacular fountains, and it is right on the water, on the Creek. It is part of a huge development that, when completed, will have not only the shopping center, but four hotels, a few office buildings, three different housing developments and an 18 hole golf course.

One of the housing developments is called the ‘Hillside’ development. Now, only in Dubai would they set out to sell housing on a hill, where they had to build the hill first!