A display in Terra, the Sustainability Pavilion of Dubai Expo2020, Oct 2021
Earlier this month, the Osaka World Expo 2025 officially ended. Justin had brought up the idea of us visiting this Expo during the days of the Dubai Expo, in 2021. Alas, plans changed and we ended up not visiting Japan. Of the whole family, only my NZ-based sister Kim, visited. The next expo will return to the Middle East, to Saudi Arabia, more precisely. Hopefully, we’d be in Riyadh in 2030!
Here’re some photos of Dubai Expo2020… Miss you, my son. Hope to see you back home soon. And hope you will do well in your next exam. Love, Pops.
Here’re some of the more memorable pavilions which I’ve still not posted about in my many posts on the expo.
From the ASEAN countries… Indonesia! The ASEAN countries are one of the more visible countries when it comes to the Expo… Out of 10 countries (it’s actually 11 now, Timor Leste just joined a couple of days back), 6 had large self-built pavilions!
Next up, the Philippines… What the heck is that? All I remember of the Philippines pavilion is that it’s big (3-storeys-high if I’m not mistake), and that it featured strange art installations, like this one in the photo
From the Land of Smiles, Thailand! Smile, boys!
From Down South, Australia - What's that thing on the top supposed to be? Clouds? Australia isn't really cloudy, is it? The architect must have confused it with the UK...
Next, Europe… Switzerland, with its ginormous mirror façade and umbrellas
Slovenia, was the first pavilion we visited in the Dubai Expo 2020, because it was the nearest one to the Sustainability Entrance which we entered on our first visit in Oct 2021
Water-themed Hungary, with its bluish hue, and ball pit (one of the few, and since I’ve already featured the ball pit from the German Pavilion, I’d give the Hungarian one a miss)
The Serbian Pavilion was one of the more iconic-looking ones in Expo2020
Here’s a strange one, the Bahrain Pavilion is a metal cube with metal stakes piercing thru it from all over
The Moroccan Pavilion is a hybrid between a large pavilion and a modular (Expo-built) pavilion. It’s in the modular (small pavilion) area of the Expo, but have been so extensively modified that it bears next to no resemblance of those modular pavilions of other countries…
The centrepiece of the Kazakh Pavilion is a robotic arm which interacts with the
The Brazilian Pavilion’s ground floor was largely made up of a large pool, where you could wade in… In the latter months of the Expo, they would have to stop people from going into the pool due to the huge crowds
Here’s a traditional pavilion showcasing the culture of the UAE… where we’d go to, to get free Luqaimat (deep-fried Emirati dessert) and Qahwa (coffee) …if there’s no queue, that is – Sameem – Story of Our Culture Pavilion
Finally, the DP World Pavilion (the UAE corporation in charge of the ports in Dubai. They also manage a number of ports worldwide). Do you see the Christmas Tree shaped by the water-cascade?? Cool huh? This was on Christmas Day, 2021! They’re not the only ones in the Expo to feature water cascade sculptures, but I think they’re the biggest one, Dubai Expo2020, UAE, Dec 2025
That’s it for this post. It’ll be quick photo-posts until the workload eases up, ahem… (And I have loads of photos, just for circumstances like these, hehe)
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