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Tom_Green Apr 9, 2007 10:37 AM

My second trip to Dubai
 
Many people think Dubai is a city that is build by oil and
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by slave labour.
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They say Dubai is a plastic city.
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And they say Dubai is destroying it`s own culture.
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BUT, thats not true

Dubai is build by real people
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for real people.
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Dubai is not Las Vegas
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Dubai is a rich city
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Based on business...
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....trade....
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...and tourism.
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It`s a city where people can have fun.
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Or expirience the unique arabic culture.
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Many people coming to Dubai want to work because they hope of a better tomorrow.
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So sit down...
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...relax....
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.... and enjoy the show.
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Because this will be a real big Dubai thread.

Theres only one more thing to say.
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Carpetking Apr 9, 2007 6:20 PM

Amazing photostory,

thank you Tom

mountsac Apr 11, 2007 7:33 AM

nice pics and well said :tup:

Tom_Green Apr 11, 2007 5:00 PM

Thanks :)

I will continue.

The pics are from day one.


Some minutes before the landing. What you see is not Dubai but Sharjah.
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My first impression outside of the terminal :D
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Lucky shot from the bus. If you visit Dubai you will see many planes above the Creek and Deira.
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This is where i took the following pictures. I started at the right side of the map. I marked the core(right side) and the SZR(left side) where the big skyscrapers are. Many people believing that the SZR is the core of Dubai. But that is false. It`s right now the edge of the city.
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Dubai is green
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I came to Dubai because of that monster. I wanted to see it under construction. :)
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There is really much green in Dubai :D
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I think i don`t need to write what building it is :D
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Traffic flow on the SZR.
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That`s me :D
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Taken from the only pedestrian bridge over the SZR.
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The suburbs of Dubai.
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The worst thing in Dubai right now: Traffic jam.
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Any questions?

vally27 Apr 11, 2007 10:52 PM

Are U payed for this advertising?

vally27 Apr 12, 2007 8:24 AM

Oh,sorry!
Have u been payed for this advertising?:rolleyes:

Tom_Green Apr 12, 2007 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vally27 (Post 2761605)
Oh,sorry!
Have u been payed for this advertising?:rolleyes:

No, i thought it`s my duty to fight against the wrong images many people have from Dubai.

I will post around 250 pics more, but that will take some time. ;)

vally27 Apr 12, 2007 11:28 AM

I have never had a wrong idea about Dubai,I've no idea about Dubai,at the end, and I've never listened things about Dubai,maybe because I don't travel a Lot.But,if U travel and U listen there are bad ideas in the world about Dubai and I don't travel and I don't listen things about Dubai,wrong or right,nevermind,it seems to me that U want to say that people who travel,so that knows Dubai,has a wrong opinions about Dubai.I think that the people that doesn't Knows Dubai doesn't think in absolutely about Dubai!

vally27 Apr 12, 2007 11:33 AM

Can U explain clairly your mission and who are the people that U talk about?Thanks!

Tom_Green Apr 12, 2007 4:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vally27 (Post 2761687)
Can U explain clairly your mission and who are the people that U talk about?Thanks!

I want to show the real Dubai. I will even post grit pics ;)

Here is a quote from such a person.
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Originally Posted by tigerboy (Post 12297463)
No depth, no purpose to it, no real urbanity stretching awyay. Not so much a city as a vanity project. Arguably the most hideous place on Earth. A building site building pointless statements compared to say NY or HK which are organic responses to place and time. It is a grotesquerie not even comparable to great skylines.


mountsac Apr 15, 2007 9:51 AM

i agree. there's much more to dubai than the constructions. and just because it's growing fast doesn't mean that it doesn't have a culture of its own.

keep those pics coming, tom green. looking forward to seeing them :tup:

Tom_Green Apr 15, 2007 8:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mountsac (Post 2769137)
i agree. there's much more to dubai than the constructions. and just because it's growing fast doesn't mean that it doesn't have a culture of its own.

keep those pics coming, tom green. looking forward to seeing them :tup:

Thanks

I had so much to do during my weekend but now i have time to upload some new pics. There are not that special because it`s the second part of my first day and this is the route i walked.
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The tallest skyscraper in the middle east.
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Tom_Green Apr 17, 2007 4:46 PM

Now something new:

The dirty side of the paradise

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Fighting construction worker
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FazDeH Apr 18, 2007 11:37 AM

wow, the pictures are beautiful. Its interesting in the west we either know about Dubai or dont have a clue where it is at all. My impression of the city has always been of this sparkling new paradise in the sand, but the last shots show a more gritty portrail of the city. I think the contrast is interesting. In the same shot you see what really can only be discribed as a hovel and in the background the beautiful modern city center. Great job all around! Please post more if there are any.

Tom_Green Apr 20, 2007 3:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FazDeH (Post 2775702)
wow, the pictures are beautiful. Its interesting in the west we either know about Dubai or dont have a clue where it is at all. My impression of the city has always been of this sparkling new paradise in the sand, but the last shots show a more gritty portrail of the city. I think the contrast is interesting. In the same shot you see what really can only be discribed as a hovel and in the background the beautiful modern city center. Great job all around! Please post more if there are any.

You will see many, many pics more. ;)

Day 2, all interesting pics in one post.
There are not many because the weather was a disaster.

Before i took the bus to the DUbai Marina, i explored the area around my hotel.
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:D
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Before someone want to tell you that taking pics is forbidden you should be fast and take a pic.
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Me again :D
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At 10 o`clock in the morning i took the bus to the Dubai Marina.
The area on the left side i marked is the Dubai Marina. It`s far away from the Dubai core on the right side.
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The skyline changed really much since my last visit.
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The situation at the beach is worse than 2 years ago.
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It was very hot on that day (around 38°C) and the view become worse and worse.
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Would be nice to know how tall the JBR Towers are.
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At that point i was hungry and it was too hot so i took a taxi to a much cooler place :D
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Souvenirs at the Mall of the Emirates.
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Silver asses :D
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The very beginning of urbanity.
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:D
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I took later a taxi back to the Marina. A massiv thunderstorm was approaching and the temperature dropped from 38 to 21 degrees. There was heavy rain and strong winds. My shelter was the Grosvenour House.
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I could just take around 5 pics before they kicked me out because i was not a guest.
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The damage caused by the strong winds.
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I took the next pics from the parking part of the skyscraper on the right side.
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After the first storm came a second big storm.
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The rain was not too long but it rained very heavy.
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The JLT
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Th streets after the rain.
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The end of day 2.
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I wanted to take some nightpics but i rained the entire night.

Tom_Green Apr 24, 2007 4:10 AM

New pix from the 3rd day.

Let`s call it the culture and urbanity day.
I started on the right side and i walked to the Jumeirah Mosque.
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I like this skyscraper
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A other mosque on my way.
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From left to right.
The next worlds tallest hotel
Some time ago: the worlds tallest residential tower
The next worlds tallest structure.
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The Jumeirah mosque.
According to my Dubai guide it`s the most beautiful mosque in Dubai
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It`s possible to go inside, but if you wear like me short trousers you have to take such clothes :)
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Inside the mosque
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A nice woman explained many things to us.She also showed us how to wear the traditional clothes.
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Next trip. I visited the real cre of Dubai.
I started from the top.
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Many people call Dubai teh city of gold.
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The Gold Souk
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The Creek
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:D
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Tom_Green Apr 27, 2007 8:56 PM

The second part of my third day.

It starts where the first one ended. :)

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Skyscrapers and trafic jam = Dubai :D
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Something that many many people don`t know about Dubai.
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The view was better in the afternoon but still not very good.
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Did you know that Dubai can be that dense?
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I met Altin and dubaiflo in the evening. The two Dubai experts underestemated the traffic jam in Dubai. :ohno:
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My first night shot of the Burj Dubai.
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I want to thank Altin and dubaiflo for meeting me. It was really nice.
I hope we can meet again someday. :)
You should visit this thread. There are many pics of the meeting.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=462593

bbeliko Apr 27, 2007 10:13 PM

Quote:

Skyscrapers and trafic jam = Dubai
what bout new york?


anyways great pics greAT trip

Amanita May 1, 2007 2:26 PM

Wow, just wow. I SO want to visit Dubai now:)
Those are some incredible pictures.

I love all those cranes- I could identify quite a few Potains and a few Liebherrs there.
Somebody needs to make a Dubai postcard- a closeup of a crane, and the caption "Official bird of Dubai"

Tom_Green May 3, 2007 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaGoBra (Post 2800343)
what bout new york?


anyways great pics greAT trip

You can use the metro in New York. Right now you can`t in Dubai. ;)

Thanks for the comment and thanks to Amanita.
You have a great idea :D


Time for new pics.

I want to thank Altin again for driving me to the EMAAR Buisness Park.

This is where i walked.
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I think this pic would be perfect for people who think Dubais skyscrapers are build by oil money. :D
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There are just too many of them in Dubai.
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The SZR
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The next pics are taken from Palm Jumeirah.
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Big construction.
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Now it`s time to look up :D
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The Dubai Marina.
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JLT
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JBR
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