Dubai is a city with an endless amount of things to do.
The city was designed to be the Middle East's hotspot for tourism.
You are probably watching this video because you only have a little amount
of time to spend in Dubai and you want to make sure that you do the best of Dubai.
Alright, guys, so before we hop in I just want to tell you,
my name is Mac Candee and I'm currently traveling all around the world making
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So first thing I want to mention is there are so many things to do in Dubai.
Literally, the list is endless. In this video.
It was hard to decide what we're going to be my five best things that I did while
I was living in Dubai for one entire month.
I came down to these five because it
includes some adrenaline and includes seeing this beautiful modern city.
It also includes making it out to the desert and experiencing what Dubai
used to be like prior to it becoming this metropolis of massive skyscrapers.
So I think this will give you a great
taste of what you can do in Dubai, but it for sure does not cover it all.
If you want to see even more things to do
in Dubai, make sure after this video you check out my other video,
which is over 20 other things to do when you're here in this amazing city of Dubai.
Let's hop in. Good morning, guys.
I'm up at the crack of dawn because we're going to be heading over to one
of the best and most iconic rooftops to catch the sunrise here
at the Shangri-La Hotel, which is in downtown Dubai.
So I got to get up at 4:30 in order
to make it over by 6:00 am and the sun rises at 6:30.
We'll see you there. There is nobody out at this hour
in the morning here in Dubai, maybe 10 cars on the road.
And normally this place is a metropolis.
The highways have like seven lanes.
It looks like I'm walking to the metro station because the transportation is
closed. About to arrive at the metro station.
And the good news is, is I can see from here that trains are running.
And we have arrived to financial center,
which is where you will get off in order to get to Shangri-La Hotel,
just off the Metro, it is just a six minute walk once you
cross over the bridge to get to Shangri-La.
And the good news is, I think we're going to make it before the sun rises.
The sun rises in about 30 minutes from now.
So it'll give us enough time to get our
camera gear set up, get some cool angles, plan and get a timelapse plan.
So really excited for this shoot.
It is one of the most well-known spots
for photographers, videographers and people that like a really nice view.
We have made it and I'm here with my man, Yad Ventures
We're going to be cruising on up
to the entrance, a beautiful grand entrance right into this place.
So let's see what it's all about.
Here we go, up to the forty-second floor. All right, guys.
And we have made it up here to the forty-second floor.
As you can see here,
just in time for sunrise, we have the Burj Khalifa in the background.
We have a beautiful sunrise that's going to be coming up.
Amazing for capturing photos, videos and just taking in these views.
You've probably seen all over Instagram
right down here that shot over the roads, all of the roads twisting through here,
right in front of the iconic places in Dubai.
As you can see behind me and all around,
it is one of the most amazing times to come to this spot when you have sunrise
lighting up all the buildings in the last five minutes, the shots have already
changed so much that you don't want to miss a photo.
It is beautiful. All right, guys.
And that wraps up our time here at Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai.
An amazing photo op spot.
Guys, I highly recommend you come to this place.
We will see you at the next spot here in Dubai.
What is going on, guys, I'm here with my man, Harry.
(How you doing?) We're about to go ripping down the longest
urban zip line in the world, which is right here in the Dubai marina.
How are you feeling Harry? I wasn't nervous until I got up there.
And now I'm very nervous.
But I'm excited also.
It looks insane.
We're about forty-four stories up, so it's a pretty crazy drop we're about to do.
We're going to go like zero to 60
kilometers per hour in about two point five seconds.
And it's a one-kilometer long zip line
that you finish and you get to the end in about 50 seconds.
It is going to be insane.
Definitely something you're going to want to do when you come to Dubai.
Let's do this, baby. Oh, man
guys, we're about to do it big.
We're about to jump or slide off the marina here.
It's going to be insane. (Then stand up on the box)
Stand on the box.
Hey, how are you feeling Harry?
Holy...
Once you're looking at the top of the building.
It looks a little scarier. (Yeah man)
You got me strapped in pretty well, my man, right?
Yeah. All right.
We're staying on this thing, right?
I don't want to end up in that pool down there.
It looks refreshing, but maybe next time.
Is this thing supposed to be hanging off like that?
Oh, no, no.
Oh, baby, ready,
go.
That was insane.
Oh, that was fantastic.
Got back down here much faster than it took to get up there.
So in order to keep that adrenaline pumping, let's head over to our next thing
to do, which is going to keep you once again way up in the air.
So our next thing to do here in Dubai is
to do a little chopper tour, I'm here with my man, Adrian (what's up, what's up, what's up)
So we're going to be hopping in the choppers.
Adrian's first time in the chopper today.
First time, I'm losing my virginity.
(My helicopter's virginity) Exactly!
He's in for a damn good time, though.
Choppers are always a blast, guys.
So we'll tell you a little bit more once we get back.
Let's go.
Oh, my God, we just finished it up. Adrian, what did you think bro?
(That was insane,
it was absolutely great like, Dubai from the sky, it's something else) It's another level.
Amazing.
Guys, you definitely got to come check this out.
This is Falcon Helicopter Tours.
They can give you a 12, 15, 60-minute ride, whatever you want.
We did the 12-minute ride, saw the Burj Khalifa,
Burj Al-Arab, The Palm from the sky.
So much more things guys, had such a good time.
We'll see you at the next spot here in Dubai.
So after that epic helicopter ride,
we're going to head over to another spot in Dubai, which is a much different
experience than you've seen in the first couple of things in this video.
We're going to go to old Dubai. All right, guys.
Today, the exploration of Dubai continues.
We're actually over on the old side of Dubai, which is a very unique side.
Most people know the very modern side
of Dubai, the massive skyscrapers, some of the largest in the world.
But here is the other side of Dubai
the side before this place grew into a massive metropolis.
So we're going to go and explore.
Just walking through this place has a much
different feel than when you're walking through downtown Dubai.
You get a much more, I'd say authentic feel,
a real feeling for what side of Dubai is over here.
So supercool, you can go to restaurants,
shops around here, and you're going to find things for a much
better price because you're not in the main tourist hotspots.
So as you can see in here, walking through one of the first spots
to go shopping, there's some amazing, authentic textiles you can get here.
So many shops, good people. How are we doing?
How are we doing? They're really nice people around here.
They will take care of you.
You can even get your traditional,
one of these, I already picked one up though. And they will be able to sell you whatever you would like, so.
I'm getting a lot of offers for things, but since I'm traveling full-time,
I have absolutely zero space to put anything in my bag.
So everyone's got options here.
We got some beautiful dresses on this side.
We have scarves.
Anything you could ever want you can get here, it looks like.
So pretty, pretty sweet. How you doing, brother?
(How are you?)
I'm pretty sure you've got something good for me, brother.
This is how it is every shop you pass, especially holding the camera right now.
It's bringing a little bit of attention.
So another thing you can do in Old Dubai
and actually down in the marina and a few other spots, but specifically here in old
Dubai, is you can hop on a bunch of different options for dinner cruises.
They actually pick up on both sides.
They have some further along the other side on the Darah side.
And then over here on this side,
you have a few options that run up along the coast here.
What I'm trying to do at the moment right now is if you look right across there,
over there is actually the port where you take these one-dirham boats.
So it's about thirty-three cents from doing my calculations correctly.
And you can cross the canal. Before I hop on the boat,
had to get a quick little pitstop to get change
because I only had one hundred dirhams and it's only one dirham to get on there.
So I didn't think they were going to be giving me ninety-nine dirhams,
but I was able to get this nice little kiwi and watermelon fruit smoothies.
You can stop over here,
come get some fruit smoothies right next to where you hop on the boat right here.
So let's give it a shot, see how it tastes.
Oh, yeah, refreshing, perfect for the sunset.
Let's go to the boat.
All right, guys, this is the legendary one dirham boat to cross the canals.
We're crossing over now, you can, you have some options like
you can take a boat similar to this for like a 30-minute cruise around.
They were charging me 60 dirhams.
But I think that's probably because I'm carrying a camera right now.
I think you can probably get it for much cheaper for a 30-minute cruise because you can
do a pretty nice cruise for just slightly more than that on the main marina.
So as you can see, it's a pretty cool experience.
All the seagulls flying in while they're getting fed by the locals.
Pretty epic way to cross, if you ask me.
So I met this awesome guy who every day, he actually feeds the seagulls.
So I want to say they probably know him pretty well.
They recognize him because every day he
tosses the birds some food while he's crossing the river.
So pretty cool to meet a local. Nice to meet you.
And a quick fun cruise across the river,
and it was fun to meet one of the locals here.
There he is again. How are we doing?
Super cool to hear a story from the local crosses every single day.
Feeds the birds. Just
such, such a cool life to, to talk to them a little bit.
I didn't capture the rest of it on camera,
but really, really genuine guy that enjoys living in Dubai.
He's from a small town and
he's been living in Dubai and ever since then hasn't looked back, it seems like.
So a great experience here, guys.
I definitely recommend if you're coming to Dubai to come down to this side because
you get more of an authentic feel to the other side of Dubai.
Really interesting and I'm enjoying the experience.
We're going to go check out more.
So I hope you enjoyed that visit through old Dubai.
There's actually so much more to see
inside old Dubai, but you can check it out in my other extended version of The Things
to Do video, which I'll drop a link in the description below.
But now we're going to make our way over
to the desert for our last thing to do in this video.
All right, guys, we've got a big day ahead of us.
We're going with Platinum Heritage Tours. We got our man here.
What's your name?
He's going to be taking care of us.
We have a big day planned for you guys.
We'll see you once we get over there.
All right, guys, we have just made it here to the desert with my man Yad Ventures.
Just arrived here, (About to put on the headscarf.)
Step one is to get the scarves on.
So we're going to be getting these things on,
show you guys around here and then take you through the desert safari.
All right that is much better.
I am looking more like an Emirati, and it's my first time
I actually have this thing on the right way.
But here's where we're at.
We have a nice view of the Museum of Cruiser's right here.
So super excited to get this day going.
All right, guys, we are starting the tour.
We've got the whole squad in here.
Let's go!
We've got people from all over Texas, DC,
Saudi Arabia, we got Yad Dubai slash UK and we got our driver from Kazakhstan.
So this is the squad and we're going to go rip it around the desert.
Let's go.
We are at our first or second stop, which is right up here in the rolling sand
hills here in the desert. Beautiful, it's like what you see in the movies
and you can see like the waves in the sand and the sand just brushing by it.
It's absolutely stunning here.
Guys, if you ever get stranded in the desert, look for a Rimth plant
because there's actually water inside of this and
let me tell you, it's not good,
but if it's life or death, choose the Rimth. (And please grab some drinks after that)
What do we have here boss? Mixed berries juice, it's a cold drink.
Very sweet. Very nice.
Let's give it a shot here.
Went down smooth. Amazing, nonstop.
These guys have been taking such good care.
All right, guys, after some falcons,
after some cruising, and then we finish off by checking out one
of the other options they have for some cool campsites right up here.
We are heading into the last part of it
where we're going to get some tea, some coffee and hang out and lounge in here.
So let's start, what's this little gig?
Oh, there we go a little rose water to start out.
What's your name, brother?
(Fayaz) Fayaz so far has given us a good welcoming
into this place because he has given us a half a cup of coffee
and it's not because they don't have enough coffee to give us.
It's because a half cup of coffee means
they have time for us to invite us in and welcome us.
Fills a full cup of coffee would be a very polite way to say, hey,
you guys got to take your cup of coffee and keep moving. Alright guys,
and that wraps up this video.
I really hope you've enjoyed watching this video.
It was very tough,
like I said at the beginning, in order to determine which five I wanted to include.
If you've enjoyed this video, I know you're going to enjoy my extended
video, which has over 20 other things to do when you're visiting Dubai.
Like I said, I spent a full month exploring this place.
I still did not cover everything you can do here.
I will be overdue for another trip again.
But I can tell you confidently, I have seen a lot of this place
and my other video is going to share that with you.
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And guys, I will see you in my next video here in Dubai.