Dubai pride

Visiting Dubai Mall

November 24, 2008

The first weekend after the grand opening of the Dubai Mall was overwhelming. The crowd, the mall itself and of course, Dubai traffic! It was like there was a pilgrimage of sorts going on and all roads leading to the mall were packed. We went there just in time for the opening at 10 am. We always wake [...]

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Ritzy Dubai Mall gets desperate for opening

November 6, 2008

In a desperate attempt to open its doors on time, Dubai Mall gets really rough. Initial opening date was December 2007 then August 2008 and then moved to October 30, 2008. We visited the area a day before the supposed opening and found this: One lane road going to the entrance! It was packed with [...]

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slowly wiping out the middle class

October 13, 2008

It’s been quite a while since I wrote about the recent happenings here in desert land. I’ve been mentioning traffic, oh the traffic that still continues to plague us all every single day, except Friday morning of course when everyone is sleeping. A few weeks ago, there was an announcement of another one of  Dubai’s major projects, [...]

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Burj Dubai, May 2008

May 21, 2008

Please click on the image to see it clearly.

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the new bridge thrill

February 26, 2008

My mother saw an article featured in Yahoo News regarding the new arch bridge to be built in Dubai starting this March. The article had some new images of the what would be longest arch bridge in the world: Looks really fantastic, don’t you think? My mom looked at the photo with knitted eyebrows and said, [...]

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World’s longest arch bridge in Dubai (soon)

February 4, 2008

I heard it in the radio news a few days ago, Dubai plans to build the world’s longest arch bridge at a cost of a stunning 3 billion dirhams ($816 million). The mega bridge will measure 1,600 meters with an arch 205 meters high and 667 meters long. At 64 meters wide, the bridge will [...]

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Burj Dubai revisited

January 30, 2008

Ever wondered what happened to the world’s tallest building being constructed in Dubai? ~The Burj Dubai on December 2007~ We last visited Burj Dubai last exactly one month ago in December and surprised to see that the glass panels are in place already. The full height is not disclosed and looking at this photo, it looks like the [...]

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Burj Dubai is world’s tallest

July 23, 2007

  Burj Dubai is aiming to be 300 meters taller than Taipei 101, the world’s tallest building today. Thanks to the frantically fast construction speed, yesterday it officially overtook Taiwan’s skyscraper reaching 512.1 meters (1,680 feet). It is now totalling 141 completed floors and still has a long way to go. However, the Council on [...]

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