Dubai from the sky...

We have always been told that the best way to see the city is from above so we booked an aerial tour to check out Dubai from the sky.

With another very early morning pick up, we made if through a security briefing and "pat down" and were airborne a by 8:30am.  

Lucky to have one of the clearest mornings in recent months, we passed over the small and large Palm (one fully occupied and the other with only a few houses scattered on its massive ronds), the dense marina area, the world islands, the DIFC business district with the world's tallest building - the Burj Khalifa - and then onto the Creek for our final landing.

Dubai has taken many risks with its architecture, building out new islands in different shapes and testing out varied and exciting styles, even playing with the spacing between buildings to test tenant experiences.  All of this is very visible from the sky and certainly makes you realize just how remarkable the city's architectural achievements really are.  

Dubai has an incredibly ambitious set of new projects planned for Expo 2020 - including a new Lagoon, Taj Arabia and the Mall of the World to name just a few.  We cannot wait to take the tour again in a few years!