Skiing in the Middle East

When we arrived in Dubai we were given 2 recommendations: 1. go snow skiing 2: go on a sand safari with camel riding and sand dunning. We knew we had to do those two endeavors. We woke up one morning wearing capris, sandals, and t-shirts with the mission in our heads to go snow skiing in the middle of the desert. We showed up at the Mall of the Emirates, walked over to the indoor ski slopes and proceeded to rent our ski's, winter clothes, and lift ticket. They do not include hats or gloves, but we could buy them for $20 each. We made the executive decision to save a couple of $$$ and not purchase either. We were very sceptical of how cold it would actually be on the slopes and whethor or not it was actual snow. We immediteally regreted the because it was -4c and it was real snow. It was so much fun, but a little too cold so afterwards we went straight to the beach where it was 110 degrees.