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This past weekend I had the good blessing to see two things which I am not exactly qualified to describe well. One of which I am pretty confident I will never see again. I was flying on a plain from a dismal week of work in Baku and toward the promise of a free weekend in Abu Dhabi. Coming into the city of Dubai the Persian Gulf was lit by small oil rigs and fishing boats, an amazing sight to be sure. I saw a firework firework burn out almost level with the plane, and thought, 'who's shooting fireworks at 2 o'clock in the morning?' And then it hit me. It wasn't a firework at all. It wasn't a rocket or another plane. It was a shooting star. In the clear desert night sky over the persian gulf I got to see a shooting star up close. I saw it streak across the atmosphere and fizzle in a shower of sparks. I couldn't believe it. I don't even know how to describe it in a way that will remotely convey how cool it was. This I will never get to see again.

Still flabbergasted from my spotting of the shooting star, the plane continued it's descent into Dubai. Which brings me to the second amazing sight from this weekend. Towering above the city was the world's tallest building, the Berj Dubai. I have been to New York and I have seen the Empire State Building, but what makes the Berj so unique is the fact that there is nothing around it. Even the tallest buildings around are only a third of its height. A fact I was reminded of by my cab driver when I returned to Dubai three days later. 

I think it is awesome that I went into trip wanting to see Dubai and came out of it hardly having been impressed by what I saw, all because the most brilliant of manmade constructions couldn't compare with the amazing beauty of God's creation.