I went skiing in 100 degree weather for less than $100 - here's the verdict
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Mohammed Hadi
Or you can just sit on the beach.
But Dubai has a problem. For about 5 months of the year, being outdoors during the day can be a miserable experience. It's hot and humid, easily over 100 degrees and sometimes closer to 110.
The city - which is big on tourism - has an answer to that: Shopping malls. Dubai has the biggest, flashiest, most over-the-top shopping malls in the world.
But I hate shopping malls. They're exhausting and even when you have something you need to buy, the crowds, parking and long walks are a pain. Unless maybe you're a teenager.
I travel to Dubai a lot, and I try to stay away from the malls. But when I was there last month, I decided I would make one exception...because I wanted to do something touristy and write about it for Business Insider. And yes, it was 100 degrees during the day so I was not about to hop on a boat or drive into the desert.
I spent a couple of hours at Ski Dubai, an indoor mountainside-themed snow park in the Mall of the Emirates. Ski Dubai has been around for just over a decade but it's still not the kind of place you come across just anywhere in the world. And, for less than $100, it is an amazing way to stay out of the sun for a few hours on a Saturday.
This is what it was like:
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