Comments on: Dubai: Strangest Place on Earth http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:34:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: SkyscraperMan http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14252 SkyscraperMan Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:23:37 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14252 The Burj Dubai is a modern marvel of engineering it stands at 818 metres tall. The Burj Dubai will have its grand opening on the 1st of December this year. The Burj Dubai is a modern marvel of engineering it stands at 818 metres tall. The Burj Dubai will have its grand opening on the 1st of December this year.

]]> By: visit http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14251 visit Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:11:41 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14251 Diese seite ist genauso interessant wie informativ. Viele Grüße! Diese seite ist genauso interessant wie informativ. Viele Grüße!

]]> By: Gunderman http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14250 Gunderman Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:08:27 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14250 Very Nice blog with a ton of informative information. Can you recommend any decent forums or social groups to join that cover these types of topics. Also, I really appreciate the fact that you approach these topics from a stand point of knowledge and information instead of the typical "I think" mentality that you see so much on the internet these days. Very Nice blog with a ton of informative information. Can you recommend any decent forums or social groups to join that cover these types of topics. Also, I really appreciate the fact that you approach these topics from a stand point of knowledge and information instead of the typical “I think” mentality that you see so much on the internet these days.

]]> By: rocky http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14249 rocky Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:55:39 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14249 natang ah..bangunan pelik2 haram ah... natang ah..bangunan pelik2

haram ah…

]]> By: Dubai Hotel http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14248 Dubai Hotel Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:19:49 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14248 I found your blog via Google while searching for Dubai Hotel and your post regarding Dubai: Strangest Place on Earth looks very interesting for me". I found your blog via Google while searching for Dubai Hotel and your post regarding Dubai: Strangest Place on Earth looks very interesting for me”.

]]> By: Bruce Fenton http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14247 Bruce Fenton Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:41:51 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14247 Amazing place Ive been there several times- its truly astounding and very positive The Marvel park will be interesting for sure I cant wait to see it Amazing place

Ive been there several times- its truly astounding and very positive

The Marvel park will be interesting for sure

I cant wait to see it

]]> By: drenusha http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14246 drenusha Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:46:58 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14246 no coment! no coment!

]]> By: Torsten Adair http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14245 Torsten Adair Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:17:49 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14245 Think Manhattan mixed with Monaco mixed with Orlando and spiced with Las Vegas. (And if you want "kul-CHA" you can go up the road to Abu Dhabi, which will have both the Louvre AND the Guggenheim!) My store sells a laminated map of Dubai which features FUTURE development. That's right, buildings which are in the planning stages! (I personally like that development which reproduces the map of the world in little islands off the coast.) http://www.privateislandsonline.com/the-world-dubai-1.htm The coast (well, actually, offshore) has all the high priced, "Jesus" rooms. (That's what the guests say when they enter the hotel room.) Inland will be the entertainment zones, including an arabic-theme park. (Yes, I can just picture MAD Magazine's version!) For fun, the locals of the United Arab Emirates like to go inland for off-road exploration and picnics. Think Manhattan mixed with Monaco mixed with Orlando and spiced with Las Vegas.
(And if you want “kul-CHA” you can go up the road to Abu Dhabi, which will have both the Louvre AND the Guggenheim!)

My store sells a laminated map of Dubai which features FUTURE development. That’s right, buildings which are in the planning stages! (I personally like that development which reproduces the map of the world in little islands off the coast.) http://www.privateislandsonline.com/the-world-dubai-1.htm

The coast (well, actually, offshore) has all the high priced, “Jesus” rooms. (That’s what the guests say when they enter the hotel room.) Inland will be the entertainment zones, including an arabic-theme park. (Yes, I can just picture MAD Magazine’s version!)

For fun, the locals of the United Arab Emirates like to go inland for off-road exploration and picnics.

]]> By: Todd Alcott http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14244 Todd Alcott Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:48:06 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14244 Wow, they sure do have a lot of money. Wonder where it came from. Wow, they sure do have a lot of money.

Wonder where it came from.

]]> By: The Beat http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14243 The Beat Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:28:16 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14243 Apparently Dubai has zero tolerance for lots of things like drugs and drunk driving. The record on women's rights is more mixed, since there are so many expats there, but they are advised to "dress conservatively." I would say if I want to go on a fantasy desert vacation I want to go somewhere where it is legal to drink martinis while wearing a flirty Ungaro sundress. Apparently Dubai has zero tolerance for lots of things like drugs and drunk driving. The record on women’s rights is more mixed, since there are so many expats there, but they are advised to “dress conservatively.”

I would say if I want to go on a fantasy desert vacation I want to go somewhere where it is legal to drink martinis while wearing a flirty Ungaro sundress.

]]> By: Simon Fraser http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14242 Simon Fraser Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:02:58 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14242 It's a place willed into existence by the weight of money and it's gravitic attraction to more money. Don't go during the 'Shopping Festival', it's a swiz. DO go...if you like...sand. It’s a place willed into existence by the weight of money and it’s gravitic attraction to more money.
Don’t go during the ‘Shopping Festival’, it’s a swiz.
DO go…if you like…sand.

]]> By: aman http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14241 aman Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:54:38 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14241 Why not just build affordable housing here in major North American cities. Why not just build affordable housing here in major North American cities.

]]> By: Bill Cunningham http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14240 Bill Cunningham Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:13:59 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14240 Gee, it reminds me of Metropolis.... Gee, it reminds me of Metropolis….

]]> By: Thomas Gerhardt http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14239 Thomas Gerhardt Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:47:12 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14239 Been to Dubai once and thought to myself: this place does have the markings of a Disney World resort for boring but incredibly wealthy Wall Street people. Having said that, Dubai is the only country in the Middle East that has a plan after the inevitable demise of their oil-based economy and has had it for quite some time: attract the richest people and corporations in the world by not have them pay income tax and build an infrastructure around that notion, be it as a tax haven/resort for billionaires and tax haven for global corporations trying to avoid the Enron fate. It sure has the potential to become the Monte Carlo of the 21st century, even though it is tacky (if you have ever been inside the Burj al Arab hotel, you will leave wondering if there is anything in there that is NOT laced with gold) Been to Dubai once and thought to myself: this place does have the markings of a Disney World resort for boring but incredibly wealthy Wall Street people. Having said that, Dubai is the only country in the Middle East that has a plan after the inevitable demise of their oil-based economy and has had it for quite some time: attract the richest people and corporations in the world by not have them pay income tax and build an infrastructure around that notion, be it as a tax haven/resort for billionaires and tax haven for global corporations trying to avoid the Enron fate.

It sure has the potential to become the Monte Carlo of the 21st century, even though it is tacky (if you have ever been inside the Burj al Arab hotel, you will leave wondering if there is anything in there that is NOT laced with gold)

]]> By: aman http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14238 aman Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:07:08 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/21/dubai-strangest-place-on-earth/#comment-14238 Just call it Tacky Town. Just call it Tacky Town.

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