Dubai C/D S/D

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.