Itchy, I think you're confusing the UAE with Saudi or Iran. This place is a very relaxed country, and you just have to use a bit of common sense to not upset the locals feelings ie. You don't go down to a park with a six pack of heineken and pop porky on the spit. Thats the funny thing about the sandpit, most of the people that bag it have never been here, and believe what they see and read in the western media. Anyway rant over.