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.
有些賣絲巾的商販更進取，手拿著絲巾，先向你問好，然後你還來不及反應便把絲巾套在你頸上，正常人都會立刻想脫掉還給他，但他們也許會跟你有小許拉扯，這時便有機會弄破絲巾，結果發生分爭; 又或是為你套上絲巾後走開，你向他遞上絲巾還給他，但他不接過，只繼續向你硬銷絲巾叫你購買，這些行為的確很令人煩擾。如果你打算去杜拜舊城區遊客區，請必有被煩擾的心理準備，被商販目不轉睛地連環掃射及問候。
Some of the staff were very aggressive because they were not satisfied to just greet you. They will have the scarf on hand and put it on you. How people normally react is to take that off and give it back. However, the staff will force to put it on you, in this way, there is a chance to break the scarf. Or you managed to get the scarf off you and they refused to take it back. Both of the behaviour are annoying. If you will visit the Old Dubai, be prepared to have the above happen on you. You will have a lot of greeting and being glance from top to bottom.
另一樣在舊城區必做的是坐水上的士Abra 木艇過杜拜河對岸，價錢AED1，航程5分鐘，十分地道。一首艇坐20人左右，每30秒一班，不用怕脫班。
Another must do in the Old Town is taking the Water Taxi Abra to cross to the other side of the Dubai Creek. It costs only AED1 and takes 5 minutes. A very local and cheap experience. One boat can take around 20 people and run every 30 seconds.
最後一站到了JBR的3D藝術展，真的很興奮最終都能夠來到，十分值得來看一看！這裡有超過廿個分別在牆上，地上，樓梯等等的3D畫，我絕對是樂在其中！
We finally made it to the 3D Art Exhibition in JBR!!! It was another nice spot to hangout. There were over 20 outdoor 3D paintings on the wall, floor or the stairs . I was having so much fun.
如果下次再來杜拜，一定要去沙漠飛車及阿布札比！！
If I have chance to visit Dubai next time, I would like to do the safari in the desert and also head to Abu Dhabi as well.
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