What are the Good Places you would Visit in UAE?
Fair enough...!
short flights long nights
The way things are going.. visiting the UAE .. or anywhere else in the world will be off the agenda for sometime. ( In Australia .. without using the words .. we have just been locked down for at least 6 months. International travel is banned. Inbound people are being quarantined under Army guard for at least 2 weeks. I think International air travel is doomed for a while.
Originally Posted by olster
I don’t think that you need to be particularly woke to recognise human rights being violated in the Dubai sand pit. I do think one’s social conscience needs to be set aside and personally far from a Guardianista but appalled at the poor guys toiling away in the crazy heat of the summer.
Makes no sense, mate. Never mind.
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Let me be clear. There are no good places to visit in Dubai, bar the departure lounge at DXB, as already written in scrotometer's contribution. The place and the whole of the UAE is a nasty little ****hole. And it is densely populated by people who are able to turn a blind eye to the abuse of workers whilst themselves coining it and living a comfortable life. One of my sons included. As for being woke, I doubt that I would have survived my time in the forces with such attitudes.
WTF is coonspeak, btw.? Now that does sound offensive.
WTF is coonspeak, btw.? Now that does sound offensive.
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I doubt that EK pilots forming a picket line outside the Ministry of Labour will change very much.
The country is not densely populated by people who are coining it. One estimation I read two years ago was that as little as 10% of the ex-pat population in the country (give or take 800,000) earn more than 5K AED per month.
The country is not densely populated by people who are coining it. One estimation I read two years ago was that as little as 10% of the ex-pat population in the country (give or take 800,000) earn more than 5K AED per month.
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Those expat labourers are getting some well earned downtime, Cosy in dormitories working on their herd immunity whilst giving the top ten must sees in Dubai a miss. They'll be fresh as daisies and gagging for the sunshine before long after all the cribbage and canasta. The downtime may very well be extended though as the projects run into trouble without a bung from the south. Anyway there'll always be another hell hole for them to play their trade. Pilots and picket lines Emma, imagine that : )
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Hahahah! also the vat return booth for all u lucky lucky tourists who paid 30% more than On Sales price in the UK. Let’s not forget IMF recommendations of 10% VAT and the neighbors across the desert increasing it to 15%!! Let’s see what UAE will opt for? 12.5% to keep big bro happy or 17.5% to top big bro?
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Returning to the question posed by the OP, I've always enjoyed a few days stay in the Hatta Fort Hotel - a bit dated, yes, but I've always considered that one of its charms. The temperature is usually much cooler in Hatta, and the place is pretty laid-back.
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Best place in the UAE
Hatta is actually really nice. Mainly because it's nothing like being in Dubai.
