Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Dubai




It is well known that from the ancient times the human started a fight with the nature. A place where he had won this fight is certainly the United Arab Emirates, a country built on the golden sand on the south shore of the Persic bay. With a surface of 83.600 km2 the U.A.E. presents seven administrative divisions, each of them with its own leader and rules. Of all these divisions, the most populated and famous is Dubai, which impresses with its architectural structures and with its well known Burj Al Arab, the largest seven stars hotel in the world.



Of a special beauty, Burj Al Arab is the most expensive and the highest construction in the world. Having 321 meters tall, this king of hotels is only 131 meters shorter than the tallest building on the globe, the Petronas Twins Tower in Kuala Lumpur. Built on the sea, the 28 floors hotel is a miracle of the technique science. The famous hotel permanently attracts celebrities due to its interior decorations realized in the most sophisticated style and its incredibly various recreational programs. The building is hiding a sub aquatic restaurant underneath, Al Mahara, and another one situated above at 200 meters tall, named Al Munthana.






Dubai
Rooms gifted (over 6.800 dollars) with rotating beds, marble bathrooms with jacuzzi, walls covered with mirrors and mosaics, flats gifted with elevators and with their personal cinema, big aquariums fixed in the walls etc. The tourists have at their disposal numerous fascinating activities like: rallies through sand dunes, races with camels in the middle of the desert, sand skiing, also cruises on the Dubai Canal.



The tropical desert characterized by excessive heat (up to 50°C in August), extremely reduced precipitations (75 mm/year) and high humidity (90%), has obliged the population to plant and artificially maintain most of the trees found on the city’s streets.



Night in the city is a veritable spectacle in itself! The trees ornamented with luminous installations make Dubai look dressed in feast clothes! The same brightness can be seen in the showcases of the shops, which expose lots of gold made objects in impressive numbers! That is the reason why people call Dubai `The Golden City`.



This name has its origin also in its crude oil resources (the third place on the globe), if we take into consideration the name of `black gold` gave to this important resource which made possible the development of the impressive metropolis built on sand.



For the Saudi, the religion constitutes the base of the social life. Each day, five times, the whole city is pealing in calling to pray, and in the most respectable religious event is the Ramadan, when they are not allowed to eat or drink or smoke while is still light outside.



The specific man clothing is formed by a long and white coat (kandura), a white canvas (cadrilata), which is wore on the head maintained by an circle, and for the woman, a black long coat with long sleeve (abaya) and an veil (sheyla) which covers their hair. The traditional costumes include a metal or leather mask that covers the nose, cheeks and forehead; women are the only ones who ware it.



Unlike other Muslim countries, the clothing code in Dubai is not very strict and as the matter of fact, the young ladies can be seen on the streets dressed lightly in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt (plus the `abaya` over it).



Do you love shopping? Great! Dubai is the capital of oriental shopping! Even if it is considered to be an expensive place, you can still go shopping here because the bargain is normal so you have the chance to get nice things with less money if you are a good negotiator.



So, if you get here one day, you will be astonished seeing the tremendous amount of people who are having fun every day and if you are considering going out on a pub around 8 o’clock it’s no use…you’re late as the places are already jam-packed at that hour!



After you've seen - even with someone else’s eyes- this miracles on the south shore of the Persic bay, you can’t deny that Dubai is one of the most important spots of tourist attraction in the whole world and why not, thinking about it as the number eight miracle of our planet.





Thursday, December 16, 2010

Fabulous City - Dubai from Sky

man-made archipelo of artificial islands, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Image copyright Yann Arthus-Bertrand
The Jumeirah Palm island, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Image copyright Yann Arthus-Bertrand
The Jumeirah Palm island, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Image copyright Yann Arthus-Bertrand
The Jumeirah Palm island, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Image copyright Yann Arthus-Bertrand
The Burj Dubai tower, will be the world’s tallest structure of the world, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Image copyright Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Image copyright Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

burj al arab hotel review & pics

The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: برج العرب‎,"Arab Tower", also known as "Arab Sail") is a seven-star hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 m (1,053 ft), it is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. The Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) out from Jumeirah beach, and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. It is an iconic structure whose shape mimics the sail of a ship.
The beachfront area where the Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel are located was previously called Chicago Beach. The hotel is located on an island of reclaimed land offshore of the beach of the former Chicago Beach Hotel. The locale's name had its origins in the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company which at one time welded giant floating oil storage tankers on the site.

 The old name persisted after the old Hotel was demolished in 1997. Dubai Chicago Beach Hotel remained as the Public Project Name for the construction phase of the Burj Al Arab Hotel until Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the new name.
 Construction of Burj Al Arab began in 1994. It was built to resemble the sail of a dhow, a type of Arabian vessel. Two "wings" spread in a V to form a vast "mast", while the space between them is enclosed in a massive atrium. The architect Tom Wright[5] said "The client wanted a building that would become an iconic or symbolic statement for Dubai; this is very similar to Sydney with its Opera House, or Paris with the Eiffel Tower. It needed to be a building that would become synonymous with the name of the country."
 The architect and engineering consultant for the project was Atkins, the United Kingdom's largest multidisciplinary consultancy. The hotel was built by South African construction contractor Murray & Roberts.
Several features of the hotel required complex engineering feats to achieve. The hotel rests on an artificial island constructed 280 m (920 ft) offshore. To secure a foundation, the builders drove 230 forty-metre (130 ft) long concrete piles into the sand.
 Engineers created a surface layer of large rocks, which is circled with a concrete honeycomb pattern, which serves to protect the foundation from erosion. It took three years to reclaim the land from the sea, while it took fewer than three years to construct the building itself. The building contains over 70,000 m3 (92,000 cu yd) of concrete and 9,000 tons of steel.

Inside the building, the atrium is 180 m (590 ft) tall.
Burj Al Arab is the world's second tallest hotel (not including buildings with mixed use). The structure of the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang North Korea, is 9 m (30 ft) taller than the Burj Al Arab.
The hotel is managed by the Jumeirah Group. Despite its size, the Burj Al Arab holds only 28 double-storey floors which accommodate 202 bedroom suites. The smallest suite occupies an area of 169 m2 (1,820 sq ft), the largest covers 780 m2 (8,400 sq ft).
Suites feature design details that juxtapose east and west. White columns show great influence. Bathrooms are accented by mosaic tile patterns.
One of its restaurants, Al Muntaha (Arabic for "Highest" or "Ultimate"), is located 200 m (660 ft) above the Persian Gulf, offering a view of Dubai. It is supported by a full cantilever that extends 27 m (89 ft) from either side of the mast, and is accessed to a panoramic elevator. The main chef there, Edah Semaj Leachim, was awarded Chef of the Year 2006 and also owns the restaurant, in accordance with the Burj Al Arab hotel.

Another restaurant, the Al Mahara ("Oyster"), which is accessed via a simulated submarine voyage, features a large seawater aquarium, holding roughly 990,000 litres (35,000 cu ft) of water. The tank, made of acrylic glass in order to withstand the water pressure, is about 18 cm (7.1 in) thick.
The Burj Al Arab has attracted criticism as well as praise, described as "a contradiction of sorts, considering how well-designed and impressive the construction ultimately proves to be." The contradiction here seems to be related to the hotel’s decor. "This extraordinary investment in state-of-the-art construction technology stretches the limits of the ambitious urban imagination in an exercise that is largely due to the power of excessive wealth." Another critic includes negative critiques for the city of Dubai as well: "both the hotel and the city, after all, are monuments to the triumph of money over practicality. Both elevate style over substance." Yet another: "Emulating the quality of palatial interiors, in an expression of wealth for the mainstream, a theater of opulence is created in Burj Al Arab … The result is a baroque effect"

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Vacation in Dubai - The Great Destination for Holiday and Shopping

Dubai is the perfect vacation destination for families and business visitors. There are cheap hotels in Dubai give royal hospitality to people who visit here. Dubai is the perfect destination for family vacations. the world's richest horse race was held in Dubai where horses of different continents compete with one another; one million dollar lottery held at a periodic rate, there are more attractions such as international tennis, golf tournaments and months long holiday shopping. Dubai provides the perfect luxury hotel - the Burj Al Arab shaped billowing sail-perched on an artificial platform at sea.Some places are more famous scenes in Creek side Park, Wild Wadi Water Park, bird sanctuary, an indoor ski resort and the Gold Souk.


From attractive and large shopping centers for pulsed operation and the soul ... Shopping in Dubai is an amazing experience. Dubai shopping is the best offer you an affordable price. Be it high fashion goods, almost all the modern gadgets, appliances, jewelry, furniture, products or other products and manufactured goods available you will find the best products. Both the central attraction in Dubai Dubai Shopping Festival and Dubai Summer surprises, including Shopping. Being shopping oriented these celebrations attract millions of tourists and visitors, especially during the months of July and January, February. Post a number of shopping malls, Dubai to serve the needs of every customer and need.

Known as 'Layali Dubai' in Arabic, the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), in the year 1996 by the Dubai government as a trade event is intended primarily to promote trade and tourism in Dubai.

Holidays in Dubai on the world stage has evolved over the last few years to strengthen Dubai as a tourist destination plural.

Dubai's ever claimed to be unproductive and dry areas, today is one of the most required after holiday destinations, especially during the months of Dubai Shopping Festival. Having acknowledged for Desert Safari, Dubai currently offers provide an enjoyable shopping experience. In addition, you may also be brokers in different adventure activities like sea tours, parasailing, mountain, skydiving, surfing, skydiving, golf, sand in the desert, underwater adventures ... fun, excitement prancio Land in abundance here.

Visited by millions of tourists worldwide every year, the Dubai shopping festival is a lot of demand for merriment. heavy discount prices on designer clothes and recognized, jewelry making stylish, technologically advanced electrical gadgets, gizmos and machineries are available, with a sweet tooth lip of the gorge, to mingle with an interesting cultural activities, surprised and amazed by the fire of inspiration in the night. For the purpose of tourists staying at the cheapest hotels in Dubai gray.

Dubai makes the best of times. Also, after searching the brave and the bold adventurer, the city of Dubai provides exciting activities to indulge in From sand surfing on the famous golden hill Dubai desert, motto-crossing in the path of a challenge, and skydiving from a height of 12,000 feet or swim laps and diluted baby stranded marine life ... then you will never understand the fun of like this before until and unless you're visiting Dubai.

From attractive and large shopping centers for pulsed operation and the soul ... Shopping in Dubai is an amazing experience. Dubai shopping is your best deals at affordable prices. Be it high fashion goods, the most modern of all gadgets, home appliances, jewelry, furniture, products or other products and manufactured goods available you'll find the best products

Vacation in Dubai - The Great Destination for Holiday and Shopping

Dubai is the perfect vacation destination for families and business visitors. There are cheap hotels in Dubai give royal hospitality to people who visit here. Dubai is the perfect destination for family vacations. the world's richest horse race was held in Dubai where horses of different continents compete with one another; one million dollar lottery held at a periodic rate, there are more attractions such as international tennis, golf tournaments and months long holiday shopping. Dubai provides the perfect luxury hotel - the Burj Al Arab shaped billowing sail-perched on an artificial platform at sea.Some places are more famous scenes in Creek side Park, Wild Wadi Water Park, bird sanctuary, an indoor ski resort and the Gold Souk.


From attractive and large shopping centers for pulsed operation and the soul ... Shopping in Dubai is an amazing experience. Dubai shopping is the best offer you an affordable price. Be it high fashion goods, almost all the modern gadgets, appliances, jewelry, furniture, products or other products and manufactured goods available you will find the best products. Both the central attraction in Dubai Dubai Shopping Festival and Dubai Summer surprises, including Shopping. Being shopping oriented these celebrations attract millions of tourists and visitors, especially during the months of July and January, February. Post a number of shopping malls, Dubai to serve the needs of every customer and need.

Known as 'Layali Dubai' in Arabic, the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), in the year 1996 by the Dubai government as a trade event is intended primarily to promote trade and tourism in Dubai.

Holidays in Dubai on the world stage has evolved over the last few years to strengthen Dubai as a tourist destination plural.

Dubai's ever claimed to be unproductive and dry areas, today is one of the most required after holiday destinations, especially during the months of Dubai Shopping Festival. Having acknowledged for Desert Safari, Dubai currently offers provide an enjoyable shopping experience. In addition, you may also be brokers in different adventure activities like sea tours, parasailing, mountain, skydiving, surfing, skydiving, golf, sand in the desert, underwater adventures ... fun, excitement prancio Land in abundance here.

Visited by millions of tourists worldwide every year, the Dubai shopping festival is a lot of demand for merriment. heavy discount prices on designer clothes and recognized, jewelry making stylish, technologically advanced electrical gadgets, gizmos and machineries are available, with a sweet tooth lip of the gorge, to mingle with an interesting cultural activities, surprised and amazed by the fire of inspiration in the night. For the purpose of tourists staying at the cheapest hotels in Dubai gray.

Dubai makes the best of times. Also, after searching the brave and the bold adventurer, the city of Dubai provides exciting activities to indulge in From sand surfing on the famous golden hill Dubai desert, motto-crossing in the path of a challenge, and skydiving from a height of 12,000 feet or swim laps and diluted baby stranded marine life ... then you will never understand the fun of like this before until and unless you're visiting Dubai.

From attractive and large shopping centers for pulsed operation and the soul ... Shopping in Dubai is an amazing experience. Dubai shopping is your best deals at affordable prices. Be it high fashion goods, the most modern of all gadgets, home appliances, jewelry, furniture, products or other products and manufactured goods available you'll find the best products

Vacation in Dubai - The Great Destination for Holiday and Shopping

Dubai is the perfect vacation destination for families and business visitors. There are cheap hotels in Dubai give royal hospitality to people who visit here. Dubai is the perfect destination for family vacations. the world's richest horse race was held in Dubai where horses of different continents compete with one another; one million dollar lottery held at a periodic rate, there are more attractions such as international tennis, golf tournaments and months long holiday shopping. Dubai provides the perfect luxury hotel - the Burj Al Arab shaped billowing sail-perched on an artificial platform at sea.Some places are more famous scenes in Creek side Park, Wild Wadi Water Park, bird sanctuary, an indoor ski resort and the Gold Souk.


From attractive and large shopping centers for pulsed operation and the soul ... Shopping in Dubai is an amazing experience. Dubai shopping is the best offer you an affordable price. Be it high fashion goods, almost all the modern gadgets, appliances, jewelry, furniture, products or other products and manufactured goods available you will find the best products. Both the central attraction in Dubai Dubai Shopping Festival and Dubai Summer surprises, including Shopping. Being shopping oriented these celebrations attract millions of tourists and visitors, especially during the months of July and January, February. Post a number of shopping malls, Dubai to serve the needs of every customer and need.

Known as 'Layali Dubai' in Arabic, the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), in the year 1996 by the Dubai government as a trade event is intended primarily to promote trade and tourism in Dubai.

Holidays in Dubai on the world stage has evolved over the last few years to strengthen Dubai as a tourist destination plural.

Dubai's ever claimed to be unproductive and dry areas, today is one of the most required after holiday destinations, especially during the months of Dubai Shopping Festival. Having acknowledged for Desert Safari, Dubai currently offers provide an enjoyable shopping experience. In addition, you may also be brokers in different adventure activities like sea tours, parasailing, mountain, skydiving, surfing, skydiving, golf, sand in the desert, underwater adventures ... fun, excitement prancio Land in abundance here.

Visited by millions of tourists worldwide every year, the Dubai shopping festival is a lot of demand for merriment. heavy discount prices on designer clothes and recognized, jewelry making stylish, technologically advanced electrical gadgets, gizmos and machineries are available, with a sweet tooth lip of the gorge, to mingle with an interesting cultural activities, surprised and amazed by the fire of inspiration in the night. For the purpose of tourists staying at the cheapest hotels in Dubai gray.

Dubai makes the best of times. Also, after searching the brave and the bold adventurer, the city of Dubai provides exciting activities to indulge in From sand surfing on the famous golden hill Dubai desert, motto-crossing in the path of a challenge, and skydiving from a height of 12,000 feet or swim laps and diluted baby stranded marine life ... then you will never understand the fun of like this before until and unless you're visiting Dubai.

From attractive and large shopping centers for pulsed operation and the soul ... Shopping in Dubai is an amazing experience. Dubai shopping is your best deals at affordable prices. Be it high fashion goods, the most modern of all gadgets, home appliances, jewelry, furniture, products or other products and manufactured goods available you'll find the best products

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Dubai City Review & Pictures


Is Dubai the city of the future, or the condensation of the worst developments of the past decennia; is it a fantasy, or is it all just fake; is it a dream, or actually a nightmare, is it a utopia, or just an investment enterprise…?

Last Tuesday, 13th of March 2007, George Katodrytis and Kees Christiaanse duelled with each other in the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam about the question whether the developments in the city of Dubai are positive or negative. Like a stroboscope they portrayed the city alternately as illuminated and dark, white and black.
Architecture critic Roemer van Toorn was our host that evening. The Dialogue lecture series this semester is part of the Architecture Biennale (theme: ‘Power’) that is organized by the Berlage Institute this summer in Rotterdam. Unfortunately the third speaker of the Dialogue, Marc Angélil, couldn’t make it by airplane from Zurich because of a fog obscuring the runway.
Van Toorn started off by quoting critical comments by Mike Davis on Dubai, on the internet, and celebrating comments by Rem Koolhaas/AMO, that he made on the last Venice Biennale. “Dubai becomes a single experience, instead of multiple experiences”, Koolhaas notes. Van Toorn also showed a short film about Dubai Waterfront, which hilariously features Winy Maas of MVRDV designing beaches.




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Dubai Media City Amphitheatre. Reviewed by Kate McAuley on Thursday, 19 July 2007. An expansive outdoor area set in the middle of the city’s media enclosure ...
Rosewood Hotels is expanding its empire to Dubai. Or Dubai is expanding its empire to Rosewood Hotels. We’re not quite sure which commercial giant is exploiting which. Either way, a group of investors announced in a press conference yesterday plans to build the Rosewood Dubai International Financial Centre.
The hotel will have 157 deluxe rooms, 36 suites and a Royal Suite. It will also offer fine dining in two outlets, a gala ballroom, a business center, and the Rosewood Spa with rooftop pool and fitness center.
The Rosewood franchise already owns The Carlyle in NYC, a few other five-star joints in Texas and California, and several others in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
Doors will open in late 2009. Until then, we’re fairly certain most traveling businessman already know Dubai restaurants don’t serve alcohol, but most Dubai hotels do. Don’t say we never did anything for you.
Weburbanist has a neat post about 5 Places You’ve Probably Never Thought to Go Skiing. Amongst the far out places are Lebanon (check the weather and the political climate before you go), Bolivia (the highest ski slope in the world) and this one above: Dubai.
The Ski Dubai indoor slope has over 20,000 square meters of interior space and accommodates snowboarding and sledding in addition to skiing. Since it is, of course, not weather-dependent it is open all year round with five runs of varying difficulty and a freestyle zone. The building is highly energy-efficient but of course no indoor ski area in the desert can be considered environmentally friendly

Palm Trump Hotel in Dubai

This has to be the best looking building from master marketer and developer Donald Trump. This one is in Dubai and it is already selling fast. Architecture at it’s finest!


Tuesday, March 16, 2010

DUBAI Another Wolrd

Burj-Dubai
For the past two years governments have spent close to US$12 trillion and central banks have held interest rates to near zero to end the financial crisis. Even so, as to be expected, most of the previous excesses were never quite worked off.
UAE
UAE and its neighbours
Dubai
Dubai is just a town at the north eastern part of UAE
In Dubai, residential real estate prices have dropped more than 50%. Across the UAE, some $450 billion of construction work had been scrapped.
Burj Dubai2
Dubai City at night
Recently, Dubai World, the UAE’s largest state-owned conglomerate, announced that it would impose a six-month standstill on debt repayments.
Dubai4
Dubai is not rich in oil. It borrowed heavily to fund its grand ambitions. Nakheel, a government-sponsored developer, used part of these borrowed funds to develop the Palm Islands and other spectacular land reclamation projects.
Dubai Bridge
Dubai is not rich in oil. It borrowed heavily to fund its grand ambitions. Nakheel, a government-sponsored developer, used part of these borrowed funds to develop the Palm Islands and other spectacular land reclamation projects.
Palm
Palm Islands
Hyatt3
Burj Al Arab Hotel
Dubai’s sovereign and state-controlled companies’ debts could reach $80 billion, in excess of its GDP.
Dubai Towers1
Moving Towers
Dubai World was technically not government-backed, but investors had perceived it to be so and acted accordingly.
Dubai Aquarium
Aquarium
Wall Street tells us that government debt is “risk-free.” Don’t you believe it. History is littered with sovereign defaults.
Dubai Opera House2
Dubai Opera House
Dubai’s oil-rich neighbours – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi – command two thirds of the world’s oil and 45% of gas reserves. Debts levels are very low and high oil prices have enabled them to accumulate more than $1 trillion in reserves.
However, it is always possible for oil to drop below $40 per barrel.
Dubai Skiing
Dubai Skiing
Dubai Sports City2
Dubai Sports Complex
Trump Hotel Dubai
Trump Tower, Dubai