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By Janet Evans
Monday, Jul 14 2008, 08:54 PM
Back in June I blogged about vacationing in Dubai and their real estate dealings. Dubai prides itself in being a sophicated and cosmic center of architecture and activity.
They have a problem though. They have one foot in their religious beliefs and culture and the other in attracting tourists from all over the world...and this is causing a huge clash.
The latest problem is on the beaches. Nude sunbathing isn't going over very well in Dubai. There's a lot of gawking going on ...
"Over the past two weeks, police have detained a total of 79 people whose behavior was "disturbing families enjoying the beach," Zuhair Haroun, a spokesman for Dubai's Criminal Investigation Department, said Monday.
First-time offenders may be issued a warning, but if caught twice, tourists could be referred to the public prosecutor for possible criminal charges, authorities said. "
Dubai detains 79 for indecent behavior on beaches à here
If you surf around the internet regarding visiting Dubai, you’ll find quite a few questions from people who aren’t sure of the protocol for visiting the area. People are confused regarding how to dress and the customs.
People come to the United States to vacation and they are allowed to do just that. If you are going to attend a place of worship while you are here, you may do so, and you may dress appropriately.
If I vacation in another country, I want to do that, vacation. I am not going to wear a berka as a U.S. citizen if you want me to spend my money in your country. And either you allow nude sun bathing or you don’t. Which is it? You can’t ask Westerners to come to your country in droves and then expect them to not be Westerners.
Perhaps the Muslim men in Dubai should be home with their wives rather than hanging around the beaches gawking at other women, anyway.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
(AP) With backdrop of the
Burj Al Arab hotel, People
enjoy the Umm Suqaim
public beach in Dubai.
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By Janet Evans
Saturday, Jun 28 2008, 08:35 PM
As I’ve said before, my daughter travels often, and has been to Thailand and China many times. She flies business class and is treated very well on the flights. I know once she did fly in coach on a last minute trip to China and it wasn’t the best experience. The flight, which had very few Americans on it, was very noisy, for one thing.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been trapped on an airplane for a short period of time. I’ve heard those horror stories of people being kept against their will on an aircraft six, seven, ten, twelve hours at our own U.S. airports, under horrible conditions.
When I’ve been stuck it’s been for, at most, forty minutes. That was enough to be panic time for me. There is no air movement because the air doesn’t come on unless the engines are going. It just gets so hot.
I know that’s the time of year I have travelled though because my daughter reported a flight one morning where it was so frigid, with below zero temperatures, and she was on the first flight of the morning. The heat happened to be broken and the flight really should have been cancelled. The passenger’s teeth literally chattered the entire trip.
Anyway, I don’t know what I would do if I was trapped on a flight. No way could I last all those hours without fainting without air.
But on last Friday, on a flight that had about 200 people flying from Beijing to the city of Yantai, China….52 passengers actually refused to leave the plane when they were told to because their flight was cancelled.
First, they spent three hours sitting in the plane because of bad weather. Then when the other passengers left, those 52 decided they were going to stay on that plane.
I know Beijing isn’t that bad of a city that staying on a plane 12 hours was better. Even the airport looks pretty nice.
What’s up with that?
Read the article from Reuters
Passengers Sleep on Plane After Flight Was Cancelled à here
Beijing Capital International Airport
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By Janet Evans
Wednesday, Jun 11 2008, 07:01 PM
Seriously, I think I’ll pass on the vacation to Dubai….
After all, they can’t have their cake (oil) and eat (sell) it too (right).
It might be a nice place to live (oil is cheap and they can wear white shoes all year long).
Poor things though…
I guess we aren’t giving them enough.
Isn’t over $4 a gallon doing it?
They can't seem to complete their newest treasure...the tallest building on the planet...that's right, I said "planet"....the Burj Dubai.
Computer-generated view of Burj Dubai once completed
"Construction of the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai, has been delayed and will be completed only in September next year, the developer was quoted on Tuesday as saying.
The tower, which is expected to reach a final height of 900 metres (2,953 feet), was due for completion in the bustling city state at the end of 2008. "
Ouch....You can read that story from Breitbart ç here
Then, today, this….they're snapping up more real estate in the U.S.
Chrysler Building, NY
"The latest Big Apple trophy being coveted by oil-rich sovereign wealth funds is the landmark Chrysler Building.
Sources say the super-rich Abu Dhabi Investment Council is negotiating an $800 million deal for a 75 percent stake in the Art Deco treasure that has defined the Midtown skyline since 1930. "
Read that in the New York Post ç here
Did I hear that correctly in that video? It only rains a couple times a year?
Hmm…
Nope....somehow I think there might be too much control over my blogging ç here
I'll stick around in Franklin.
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By Janet Evans
Wednesday, Nov 21 2007, 05:45 AM
 
Name: Beijing Olympic Stadium
Scheduled inauguration: 2008 Building costs: $500 million
Capacity: 80,000 seats (100,000 during the Olympic games) Why? Because we're not Beijing . . . .
We're Franklin, Wisconsin . . ..
We can't have all the structures and buildings that other cities have,
nor should we . . . .
Maybe we need to stop comparing Franklin to every other city and stop
trying to be a WANNABE ....
and instead just be WHAT WE NEED TO BE!
In the meantime .... Beijing National Stadium or Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium .... is pretty cool, huh?
Maybe we could model a new Franklin High School football stadium after it ....
Nah .... too many taxpayers would be "unglued" .... (I hope)!
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