When you think of Dubai,
most people think of this building right here.
This is the Burj Khalifa, the tallest in the world.
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Dubai is one of those places that are constantly changing.
If you watch now a video like top things to do in Dubai
that was made last year, it's already outdated.
For example, this trolley here
used to circulate in the streets of Dubai for free.
Not anymore.
There is always something new, and it's not like something minor new,
it's something big new.
And here they like superlatives,
not only they have the tallest building in the world,
but they also have the Guinness Record
for the world's largest dancing fountain.
What else? - The largest picture frame.
- Yes, that's right.
the world's largest and tallest ferris wheel.
- And the fastest police car.
- Yeah, police car. And there's more.
The most water slides in a water park.
They're not kidding here. - No.
- So planning a trip to Dubai is not the easiest thing
because you have too many options.
You'd need like one, two months to see everything over here.
As we only have a very limited amount of time,
we decided to focus on one part of town and walk all over.
They have a good metro system here,
but things are very spread out also.
So in this trip, we're going to show you
probably the most famous area in the entire city,
Downtown Dubai.
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Downtown Dubai is the name of a large-scale mixed-use complex
developed by a company that you see their name everywhere.
They really advertise here.
This is not the original city center of Dubai,
but it was built to look like a modern one.
And this area is home to some of Dubai's most famous landmarks,
like the Burj Khalifa,
Dubai Mall over here,
the Dubai Fountain over there.
And here just around the Burj Khalifa area,
there's an avenue full of restaurants and cafes on both sides.
It is really nice.
It's crazy to think that Dubai was a small fishing village
in the 18th century.
The city grew a lot in the 21st century,
and their focus is on tourism and luxury.
Wow, look at the cars here...
They have available to rent...
Lamborghini, Maserati.
Oh!
And you can rent just for 30 minutes, just to go for a quick ride.
As you can expect, there are a lot of nice hotels over here.
Mostly high-end hotels.
This is where we're staying, by the way,
because we also wanted to experience all this.
Here in Dubai, they have the second most 5-star hotels in the world.
Guess what is the city number one in the world?
- Not 4-star? - No.
- Not 6-star? - Mm-mm.
- 5-star. Singapore? - No.
- Paris? - No.
Tres Rios, Rio de Janeiro, Rio
- Where I was born? No.
- I give up.
- London. - Ah, okay.
- Yeah, more than New York.
I thought it would be New York, but no.
New York is number three.
- Look at this, the Walk of Fame.
- Yeah. And Kylie Jenner is in their Walk of Fame?!
- Kylie Jenner. Yeah, that's interesting.
Atif Aslam,
Armin van Buuren,
Boran Jing.
But, look...
This is where they put Gordon Delwo.
- [laughs]
- Yet to be revealed.
Yet to be recognized by the world. [laughs]
- After the video. - [laughs]
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Now in the morning, some of the restaurants are even closed.
I think this area comes to life in the evening.
Wow. And this area is so beautiful.
This here is an artificial lake where they have fountain shows.
And we're actually waiting to go visit the Burj Khalifa.
You have to schedule your visit there.
So let me take the chance to answer a few questions about Dubai.
Dubai still sparkles a lot of curiosity.
And some of these questions can easily be answered.
I was just doing a quick Google search, and look at this.
Is Dubai Arab or Indian?
Dubai is Arab. We're in the Middle East.
Is Dubai a rich country?
Dubai is not a country. This is a city.
It's an emirate in the United Arab Emirates.
That's the country.
And, yes, it is very rich.
What language is spoken in Dubai?
They speak Arabic here, but everyone speaks English,
and you see English everywhere in all the signs, everything.
So you can perfectly get away with English.
What can I wear in Dubai?
Dubai is not a very conservative city.
And here you see people dressed like anywhere else in the world, really,
especially in the tourist areas.
Right now, for example, I'm dressed in a more conservative way,
but it's because it's winter here, it's not very hot.
And this feels great for now.
And look at Gordon.
Okay, time to go.
- Go ahead.
- The entrance to Burj Khalifa is through the mall,
and it takes you a while to get here and to discover this way,
so plan accordingly.
Actually, the Dubai Mall is so big,
so big that it has so many attractions
that it deserves an entire new video.
So stay tuned, it's coming up.
In the meantime, let's go.
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- Come here with time because it is a huge line to get up.
You know, I think it's going to take us an hour just to get up.
And everyone here prepaid for the ticket
with a preassigned time slot.
While you wait for the elevator, you can see how fast it goes.
This is real time.
I did not speed up the image.
The first stop is on floor number 124.
- The floors are whipping by
- It's so fast. - Ultra fast.
- Yeah.
Uh-oh, is this good or bad?
- That's crazy.
That's crazy fast.
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Observation deck out in the open!
I thought it would be inside
and I left my hat downstairs. No!
You were impressed with the elevator?
- That went fast. - That's the fastest in the world.
- Yeah. - Thirty-five seconds to get up here.
- It got up here faster than I could have.
- 124 floors. Way faster than you could have.
- Oh, I'm fast. Flash Gordon.
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Do you see the airport? Just beyond that tall building.
- Ah! - And then down there,
I think is Sharjah, the next emirate.
- It's interesting they're building in another community right there, huh?
- Yeah.
We're high, right?
- I'm not high.
- We're very high, look at this.
But not as high as you could go.
Look at this.
- Well, why didn't we go there?
- Because it's way more expensive.
More than 200 dollars to go up there.
- US$ 200?
- We're paying US$ 40. - Wow!
- Come here, baby.
So nice, I love it.
We also have plans to go to this building over here.
They have another observatory there.
Look at that pool, how cool.
And to the right, it's a glass floor,
where you can walk seeing everything down there.
- Look at that shade. - Yeah?
- And then look at this.
And look how tall that the building is
to provide that amount of shade
which is at the end of this building shade, too.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah! - Perspective!
See? It's the same distance. - Yeah.
- But it's only so high, you know?
- Wow. - Yeah.
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You get to go to two floors here, 124 and 125.
This one is totally covered.
Look at that, that's The Frame.
It's another viewpoint you could visit here in Dubai.
- That building is a smoker.
- [laughs]
They have their own Big Ben over here.
Oh, this is the World! the World Islands.
There's not much going on there, but in the future...
The World is empty. It's there for the taking.
- Except for Lebanon, I think there's something going on in Lebanon.
I think I saw that on YouTube.
That is the 7-star hotel,
Burj Al Arab.
This is not only the tallest building in world,
but also the tallest man-made structure ever.
They have more World Records here in the Guinness Book.
I had to write down because it's too many.
The Highest Number of Stories in the World,
Highest Occupied Floor in the World,
Highest Outdoor Observation Deck in the World,
the Elevator with the Longest Travel Distance in the World.
We came all the way from down there to here,
one elevator without changing.
- The Tallest Service Elevator in the World.
What else can you say?
- The highest bedroom in the world not in an airplane.
- [laughs]
- Do you know what is the last, last, last, last room
at the very top with glass all around?
The highest toilet. - [laughs]
- All the solitude you want.
- At the very top, they have a lounge,
that's level 154.
And you also have the option to go somewhere in between,
level 148 for a different viewpoint.
We're at the 125.
We saw 125 and 124 down there.
I'm happy with this.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
We bought the cheapest ticket. I think it was worth it.
This is the famous Dubai Fountain.
So much development still, huh?
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You could send a letter from up here.
Somewhere like this did we send a letter?
- Kuala Lumpur.
It's going to Brazil to my family.
We were visiting the Petronas Twin Towers.
And if you like super structures,
on my channel, you can also see the CN Tower in Toronto,
the Sky Garden in London,
the Sky Tree in Tokyo,
and the Edge in New York.
Look at this.
Ah!
"Burj" means tower in Arabic.
The building was named after the former president
the United Arab Emirates,
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
It was very nice.
Bye. Thank you! [in English and Arabic]
Goodbye [in French]
Goodbye [in Filipino and German]
Goodbye!
Instead of staying at the main mall,
we went to a smaller one in the same complex,
just across the Dubai Mall.
Wow, how beautiful.
This is a very high-end market.
We can get something like this we can share?
- Yeah, I think so.
Time Out Market is becoming like a favorite for us, right?
We've been to one in Lisbon, the one in New York.
We're just looking for a quick meal, so this is good for now.
Latin American Cuisine!
- Peruvian... Guatemalan, Peruvian, barbecue shrimp.
No Brazil
Portuguese, wow.
Even Portuguese food.
We went with Libyan food.
Oh, this is a hummus shawarma.
Libyan food... Approved?
What kind of food did we have?
- Libyan? - You think?
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Okay, I thin with that,
we can close this video for now.
Let's continue in the next one.