{"id":3906,"date":"2012-04-14T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/?p=3906"},"modified":"2012-04-12T05:46:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T09:46:17","slug":"going-old-school-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/going-old-school-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Old School in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Sean, Brian&#8217;s colleague at NYUAD, and his wife &#8211; who have been in the UAE for many years, we saw a side of Dubai we&#8217;ve never experienced before&#8230;the old one. Old Dubai is a whole new world, and our foot travels through Dubai&#8217;s Museum, old souks and narrow neighborhood ways exposed us to this other side of the city&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3906 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/going-old-school-in-dubai\/img_6899\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_6899-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3907\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3907'>\n\t\t\t\tWe arrived at the Dubai Museum the same time as a bunch of Russian tourists\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/going-old-school-in-dubai\/img_6918\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_6918-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3908\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3908'>\n\t\t\t\tThe boy is His Highness Sheikh Mohammed, ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of UAE\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/going-old-school-in-dubai\/img_6938\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_6938-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3909\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3909'>\n\t\t\t\tWalking the streets of Old Dubai\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/going-old-school-in-dubai\/img_6940\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_6940-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3910\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3910'>\n\t\t\t\tAn old-market feel on the way to the boat shuttle across the river\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/going-old-school-in-dubai\/img_6953\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_6953-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3912\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3912'>\n\t\t\t\tHeading to the other side of the river to walk around the markets\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/going-old-school-in-dubai\/img_6948\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_6948-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3911\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3911'>\n\t\t\t\tSome of the offerings of the Spice Market\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Sean, Brian&#8217;s colleague at NYUAD, and his wife &#8211; who have been in the UAE for many years, we saw a side of Dubai we&#8217;ve never experienced before&#8230;the old one. 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