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You can continue to walk on water - or rather, on reclaimed land - in
Abu Dhabi
where you will spend the next three days discovering how and why it has become the cul-
tural as well as the political capital of United Arab Emirates. For contrast with the high-
voltage Gulf city, escape to
Liwa Oasis
for two days. Here life moves at the pace of a
camel's stride or a trade wind shunting sand across the tops of the dunes.
Royal Opera House Muscat (
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, Oman
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Unless you're a modern-day Thesiger, you'll soon be missing the dynamism of the urb-
an experience, and in this respect the best has been kept until last. Spend your final four
days in and around
Dubai
, discovering what makes it the most internationally famous
city of the region. Swim with dolphins, shop with sharks, view the city from the world's
tallest tower and dine underwater in the Gulf's most 'Yes we can' city.
