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06 December 2004
Dubai Musings
I am presently in Dubai for last 2 months now. And my blog had been dormant for sometime now. So here some travel notes for you all, at last.
Dubai is an Middle-East city and a booming place in the UAE. Its a regional hub with couple of busy ports. My visit here is for implementing some Lotus-based applications which are also concerned with these Ports.
The place is a desert city, but I am lucky to be traveling in the winter season and the weather is good. I also witness a desert rain (this phenomenon had occurred after some 3yrs gap in this region), wherein some-reports of hailstorm were also highlighted.
In the last decade and a half Dubai had transfromed with lots of Modern Architectures, but you can still find the primitive lifestyle on the city outskirts. Toursists also enjoys Desert Safaris, to taste the Sand Dunes, Camel Rides, but the city itself has some breath-taking views of structures built for a new age taste. The city itself has a huge populace of of emigrantes from various countries of Asia, Europe and far, which outnumbers the locals. This has brought a huge and wonderful mix of cultures, languages, and prefrences. So one can easily notice the extremes here. 
There are lots of new projects currently in making and onces they are completed would surely put Dubai on the world attraction. Of these the Dubai Palm Islands are the most ambitious of all. These are the Atlantis cities of our age.
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Subhan in Jebel Ali, Dubai
10:45 Posted in Travel | Permalink
Comments
Dubai sounds like a perfect place for younger career minded people. What you've posted makes it look wonderous. ;-)
Posted by: chrys | 06 December 2004
Hehe...i ought to have also mention how unbearable it would be during summer heats. But this place is very open for Immigrants and one can easily settle and focus on his/her career. (and beside you would also find ur own gang and feel at home :)
Posted by: Subhan | 06 December 2004
HI, I am going to Dubai in a few days, I should had gone earlier .... and probably I will visit Qatar as well. I have never been there, but I visited Kuwait twice and I have been told it's not the same at all.... Regards.
Posted by: Maryam | 27 December 2004
Welcome to Dubai!!
Its not at all like Kuwait, except the sand dunes :) And this time of year is the best. Infact it rained last night (very rare in this part). The weather has cooled down a lot. So if you want to visit this region, this is the best time.
Posted by: Subhan | 27 December 2004