Having heard of it’s museums and souqs, I wanted to see the city firsthand and figure out if going back there for the 2022 World Cup would be a possibility.

The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque ended up being one of the most beautiful building I’ve ever visited in my life.

The images I usually saw of Dubai in the media were always of extreme wealth: towering skyscrapers and artificial islands shaped as giant palm trees or a map of the world.

Spending summary, my favorite pictures, and how it is to backpack in this traditional Middle Eastern country.

On the morning of my last day in Oman, I visited this impressive mosque completed in 2001 and named after the current sultan of the country. It first caught my attention when my taxi drove past its beautiful night lights on the day I arrived to the country.