Here we are at the Magrudy’s Bookstore warehouse sale. “Everything must go!” This is the line of people waiting. Yes, that is a man holding a Siamese cat (on a halter and lease, no less). He put it down later and took it for a drag.
Below, we have a Christmas tree. Yes, the Christmas shopping season has begun in Dubai.
A display of Christmas books.
The line continues…
And continues… Mostly expats, so they knew how to line up, at least.
Finally, the golden gates, the emerald city, the holy grail, the river Jordan, the end of the rainbow…
The madhouse — where butts collide. Just rows of boxes full of books of various kinds.
They had a very efficient system and once we got into the checkout line (which I thought would be long and slow) it moved too quickly. I wanted to checkout the books as I stood in line, but it moved fast. They counted them up, you paid your money and you got out. Simple as that. Dhs 5 for paperbacks ($1.37) and Dhs 10 for hardbacks ($2.74).
Above is the cafe where we sat afterward and watched the line which was still strong when we left an hour or so later. (Really bad service at this cafe. Felt bad about leaving a Dhs 7 tip, but had already waited a ridiculously long time for our food and didn’t want to wait for the change.)
Below are our treasures. Mostly travel and language books. 41 books for $60.00. Now we need a book case!
Archive for November 14th, 2008
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