Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Explorer Journal entry #1:

Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates can connect with all of the five themes of geography.  Dubai is able to connect with location because as I said before, it is one of the seven Emirates in the United Arab Emirates.  A relative location would be saying that Dubai is in the Middle East.  Dubai can also connect with place because Dubai has many unique features.  For example, Dubai has many big cities like the Dubai Marina, but in between those cities there is just sand and goats and it's basically a desert.  Dubai also has people that dress differently than other countries.  For example, some of the people there were shawls to cover almost there entire body.  The men wear white and the women wear black.  The way human environment interaction connects with Dubai is that the people of Dubai make the desert turn into big cities so there is some pollution and in Dubai, there are sometimes sandstorms due to the desert environment.   Movement can connect with Dubai because because people and goods travel due to airports, walking and driving.  You can drive to the next Emirate over if you ever choose to.  Also, since there are a lot of rich people on Dubai, those people tend to fly private jets.  The last theme, region, also connects with Dubai because like most places in the Middle East, most of the land in Dubai is a desert so there is a lot of sand and cacti and desert plants.  Also, there is a lot of oil there so the are lots of oil refineries and oil factories.