行程最後一天,仍然玩得精彩,唔到最後一秒都唔出發去機場!
The last day of the Dubai trip was also a great day. We headed to the airport in the last minute.
先去舊城區逛香料市場及黃金市場,這是到杜拜必到,因為是相對比較有歷史性的景點,比在市區堆砌的華麗購物中心和高級酒店更有參考價值,可是這裡是遊客重點,在市場的各條小巷都是賣紀念品﹑手製地氈、民族服飾﹑特式糖果,以遊客為對象。每當你走過店前,商販輕則就你膚色估計你所屬國家,然後用你懂的語言向你問好,就我來說,他們先用國語,看我沒反應,就轉用日文,然後再說英文; 我的同事看似是菲律賓人,但其實是新加坡馬拉人,可惜那商販以菲律賓語向她問好,氣死她,結果令她頭也不回便走了。
First and important stop was the Spice Souk and Gold Souk in Old Dubai Area. These are the significant tourist attractions and you can see the history of the city. Compare to the newly developed modern architecture and spacious shopping malls and the luxury hotels in the town, the Souk has a totally different atmosphere. Since that is the tourist attractions, the shops inside the Souk sell mainly souvenir like handmade carpet, traditional costume, authentic candies. When we passed the shops, the staff will greet you in your language by how you look like. They first said Hello to me in mandarin but I tried not to respond. So they tried Japanese and English on me which was not surprising. My colleague looks like Filipino, instead she is Singaporean Malay. Apparently, she was greeted with Filipino which made her so angry. I felt like she wanted to grab my hands and ran away.
