I was in Hong Kong for most of last week. Work and got to see several old mates who used to live in Dubai.
If we were in HK we'd be whinging about the following:
Pollution
Heavy traffic
Pollution
Crowds everywhere so thick you can barely move.
Pollution
Jam packed metro and busses (yes even bankers in HK take public transportation)
Pollution
Local restaurants with no English menus
Pollution
The Chinese
Pollution
Humidity year round
Pollution
Expensive alcohol
Pollution
Shops with unreliable stock. No proper supermarkets.
Pollution
High cost of housing
Pollution
Paying a fortune for a 500 square foot two bedroom flat
Pollution
Expensive schooling
Pollution
Oh, did I mention the pollution?
Makes me lucky to be in Dubai.
Hmm....I'd still take Hong Kong. The grass is definitely greener over there! What an amazing city and the night life puts Dubai to pure shame. Unless you're a banker with a fetish for killing prostitutes...
@Tallyho: The British Banker you mentioned in Hong Kong left an out of office reply alluding to the murders and how he was potentially going to kill himself.
@Izzy: Where are your adventures taking you next?! Good luck!
#1:
And finally got to witness the event: person driving, with his eyes on the phone, rams into the back of a trailer that was stopped at the traffic light.
#2:
Mother allows kids to run across the road to their parked car. Saw the first one darting and slowed to a crawl; the second one missed hitting the mid section of my car by just that many inches!!!
Someone's post on FB about them driving their pet to the vet. This included a photo actually taken by said driver showing the cat laying on the steering wheel totally obscuring the view of the old bypass road.
Comments by others such as "well, that looks safe..." totally over his head.
Man who was convicted of raping and killing a 13 year old girl, and later was separately convicted of raping, killing and dismembering a maid is now walking the streets after making a payment of AED 20,000.
the bank rejecting a cheque because i wrote out "twelve hundred" instead of "one thousand two hundred"
and then me finding out not from my bank but from the cheque recipient.
perhaps i am wrong but i thought it perfectly acceptable to refer to four digit numbers in the hundreds. i am sure i've written cheques as such in canada and never had a hassle.
It looks like they've decided to close down Al Sufouh Road and all roads into the Marina with no notice whatsoever until 7.30pm. That's going to be fun later, luckily I left early!
For your safety and to enjoy the fireworks that are taking place today as part of the #DubaiTram opening ceremony, please note that the road will be temporary closed today from 4 pm – 7 pm in Al Sufouh Road in both directions from the intersection of the Dubai College to JBR. Alternative routes can be taken from the leftintersection of Abdullah Omran Trim and Sheikh Zayed Road. All roads adjacent to the path of the tram stations in the marina area and Sheikh Zayed Road towards Al Sufouh (bridge exit 5 and 5.5) will be closed and the rest of the roads are open
For your safety and to enjoy the fireworks that are taking place today as part of the #DubaiTram opening ceremony, please note that the road will be temporary closed today from 4 pm – 7 pm in Al Sufouh Road in both directions from the intersection of the Dubai College to JBR. Alternative routes can be taken from the leftintersection of Abdullah Omran Trim and Sheikh Zayed Road. All roads adjacent to the path of the tram stations in the marina area and Sheikh Zayed Road towards Al Sufouh (bridge exit 5 and 5.5) will be closed and the rest of the roads are open
Not sure, the Sheikh is going to go round in the tram, I'd assume the fireworks will go off when he passes. You'd think it would be good PR to release a schedule so all the people who are into that kind of thing can line the streets and wave. 7-ish would be my guess.
Maybe once they are done with fireworks they can also explain the 70% increase on the fare from Rashidiya to Emirates station (from 1.8 to 3 dhs) that will make the morning traffic on Airport Road even worse than it is now...
I followed a black Lexus 4x4 with no lights on through Barsha at about 8pm. We stopped at the signal, and a police car pulled alongside the Lexus.
Would he wind down his window and tell the good chap to put on his lights? Or perhaps sound his horn or siren? Or even pull the guy over?
Of course not, he was on his mobile and probably far too busy to notice.
It's nearly over for me, thankfully...
PS I remember some 15 years ago on holiday in Luxor, Egypt, standing on the balcony of the Old Winter Palace overlooking the traffic intersection below, absolutely fascinated at how all the cars were all driving without headlights at night, yet flashed madly to announce their presence as they reached the roundabout. :nono: :der:
PS I remember some 15 years ago on holiday in Luxor, Egypt, standing on the balcony of the Old Winter Palace overlooking the traffic intersection below, absolutely fascinated at how all the cars were all driving without headlights at night, yet flashed madly to announce their presence as they reached the roundabout. :nono: :der:
That brings back memories of us living in Cairo...
* Policeman would signal for our driver to turn off the head lights since they are blinding him.
* In rural areas, everyone drive in complete darkness, then would turn on their high beam when approximately 20 yards from each other to say "I am here!" Of course you can't see anything from the blindness for the next 30 seconds
* Egyptian-Logic is a learned experience...
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