Comments on: First Thoughts on Dubai

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:08:28 +0000

Dubai is still a great place to go vacation if you want good service. The fact of the matter is that, they know that their business is tourism and they need to want to make you come back. I don’t really care about the construction to be honest. If you find a good hotel, you should be fine. Just use somebody who knows Dubai and not some random website.

By: Karim

Karim — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:10:15 +0000

I think Garys bubble theory about Dubai economy is right. The whole thing is collapsing faster than a JENGA puzzle when the last block is out.

By: Allen Murer

Allen Murer — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:41:37 +0000

It’s always pleasure to have a trip to Dubai, its amazing that city like Dubai in a desert.
Defiantly my next trip is Dubai

By: John Alex

John Alex — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:23:56 +0000

building in dubai are impressive. in my honest opinion it is much better than las vegas.

By: Vera Marie Badeertscher

Vera Marie Badeertscher — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:56:51 +0000

But how can you see the REAL Dubai from a cheap hotel room. You have to be in a 7-star hotel with a 1400 sq ft room and you have to go SHOPPING! Just e-mail me and I’ll send you my address in case you pick up too many diamond necklaces on your shopping expedition.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:48:52 +0000

I saw on a travel show here in New York all the cranes there. A lot of construction is going on.

By: Enduring Wanderlust

Enduring Wanderlust — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:23:27 +0000

There has been a lot going on int Dubai with green technology. A google search will land lots of articles about it :)

I won’t list the links here, but here is an example.

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/10/25/10162633.html

By: DrManette

DrManette — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:16:24 +0000

Maybe if they were building those skyscrapers out of dirt and grass…

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:37:48 +0000

Re: green Dubai I have two words

Refrigerated beach

By: John

John — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:35:46 +0000

Enduring Wanderlust, from my experience in Dubai it and the word “green” have very little in common, unless of course you are talking about the amazingly green grass on the golf courses.

Maybe there is a movement to make the city more efficient, and thus environmentally friendly, but if there is I didn’t see it in my five trips there.

By: Enduring Wanderlust

Enduring Wanderlust — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:09:50 +0000

Dubai is a fascinating city. It could become a real leader in green development. Then again, they tend to build some monstrosities