Tour of Dubai City

Breakfast in hotel, tour guide collected us at 8am. He took us to meeting point where we boarded a coach. Drove through The Palm. Neither of us particularly liked it; opulence at it's ugliest. Spent nearly an hour at Atlantis Hotel Tourist Resort which included the most amazing aquarium.  One of the divers was Rebecca from NZ.  Monorail back through The Palm to connect with the coach. Drove around the marina, high rise buildings, lots of new development before going to the world's tallest building.  We opted out going up in the rapid elevator.  Walked briefly around Dubai Mall before catching Metro back to hotel. Packed bags before going out for meal. Big flight tomorrow so another early night. We did not like this city, no history, based purely on wealth and the building designs (apartments mainly) left us cold. Needless to say we won't be in a hurry to return.