I woke up in a ski slope in the middle of a desert

Ski Dubai is an indoor ski facility attached to the Mall of the Emirates. From the outside it is a giant silvery slender enclosure.



Inside, it is a ski slope, freezing cold like a very very large refrigerator, complete with Christmas tree covered with real snow, and other ice sculptures.






It's actually quite amazing that people managed to build a ski ground in the middle of a desert. So much so, it is on snopes. The electric bill would have been crazy, if the UAE isn't an oil producing country.

Ironically, last week, snow actually fell on one of the mountains in the UAE, but that's news.