40 Degress outside and I'm dressed in a snow suit, and wishing I had brought a pair of gloves. I woke up a little earlier than usual today to go to Ski Dubai. With low expectations of a ski slope in the middle of the dessert I was quite impressed. The run is about 400m's in length, and when not busy with ski lessons, is quite fun. The chair lift is the biggest downside, as it takes about 5 minutes to get to the top for the minute down.

Ski Dubai is claimed to be one of the largest indoor ski resorts in the world, with 22,500-square meters of indoor ski area. It is a part of the Mall of the Emirates, the largest shopping mall outside of North America, and the third largest mall in the world.

3,500 barrels of oil are consumed every day by power generators to maintain the low temperature of -1 to -2 degrees Celsius consistently. Ski Dubai is part of the Majid Al Futtaim Group of Companies; he is a billionaire buisinessman of the United Arab Emirates. Ski Dubai has 5 runs varying difficulties to suit everyone; the longest being 400m. Here are some more interesting facts from the official website [listed below]:

• 22,500m² covered with real snow all year round – (equivalent to 3 football fields).
• 85 meters high (approximately 25 stories) and 80 meters wide.
• Full capacity of 1500 guests.

For about 55 cad I was in Ski Dubai for about 4 hours, with rentals - both equipment and clothing. That's a nice treat from the desert. After I met with Noah, Kelly and Tomi in The mall of the Emirates; We had a quick lunch, and then went to a nearby gold Souk to have our rings engraved.

After driving around in circles for 30minutes we went to Coral Boutique for Seesha and cards. Tarneeb. Tonight we are going to another Souk, to get fitted for a Dish Dash, or two. I've been having trouble sleeping with this coming up, well that and my mobile.

Tomorrow is rendevouz with fellow Canadians, waterpark potential during the day, Barasti Bar at night, Beach thursday, Sander Kleinenberg at Trilogy that night; and at that time I'm into my final week in Dubai..