Dubai C/D S/D

I've never been there. But I will try and email or skype my brother again later for something more positive. Just a family story about my Dubai based brother!

'Codfather' sad lol.

Not sure if LG is sarcastic or not (I am dumb), but Portugal and Dubai are quite different in winter, temperature wise?

I would be amazed if 20 per cent of Dubai residents were Emirati. That figure might be for the UAE as a whole - AD, RAK, etc are much more Emirati. You would have to be fairly unlucky to run into any Islamic laws in Dubai itself. Restaurants close during Ramadan but that is about it. There are outliers, though, and tourists, etc have got into trouble in the past - sometimes through no fault of their own. It’s usually uneventful.

On Calzino’s point - it’s definitely not unheard of for white expats to be more rude to service workers / poor people in Dubai than they might be at home. There is a culture of privilege that some people can slip in to.

Don't get in touch with your family bcz of me Calz, don't want that resting on my shoulders ;)

Dubliners are pretty fuckin rude to poor ppl and service staff at home fyi

Fuckin dubs eh

ShariVari, you're probably right: 20% for the UAE as a whole. I've no trouble with Islamic laws w/r/t drink or drugs or what have you. I'd just hate for my pennies to sink into pockets of people exploiting other people. That's my only concern. Yet that probably happens where I live right now, too. And on Cape Verde.

Dubs :D

In deference to our man lg I should stipulate that it's southsiders I've noticed it in

Has anyone been to the Louvre in Abu Dhabi yet? Definitely exciting that AD now has precisely one thing to do that isn’t golf.

The Louvre is good. The building is beautiful, at least outside, and the collection is decent. It’s obviously tiny in comparison to most established European super-museums but it gives pieces the chance to breathe. A fair amount is stuff, weighted towards artefacts rather than paintings, that might be overlooked in busier collections. It’s worth seeing if you happen to be in the area. I’m keen to see how the rest of the cultural hub develops. God knows when the Guggenheim is going to open.