Sunday, November 11, 2012
DUBAI IN 2010 HIT BY RECESSION
WHEN WE HAD VISITED DUBAI IN 2006 THE ECONOMY WAS FLOURISHING.
OFFICES, FLATS AND RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS HAD COMMANDED HEFTY RATES
WE SAW ANOTHER DUBAI IN 2010.
WE SAW ADVERTISEMENTS EVERYWHERE LIKE THE ONE HERE.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THE RATES HAVE PLUMMETED. THE TAXI DRIVER WHO TOOK US FROM RASHIDIA TO THE CREEK SAID THAT EARLIER THE TRAFFIC HAD BEEN SO HEAVY THAT IT HAD TAKEN ONE AND A HALF HOURS TO COVER THE DISTANCE. BUT IN 2010 WE COULD COVER THE DISTANCE IN HALF AN HOUR.
THAT WAS THE RECESSION EFFECT.
WE HAD LOVED THE DUBAI WE SAW IN 2006
AND
WE PRAYED THAT DUBAI BECAME STRONG AS IT HAD BEEN EARLIER
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
DUBAI - WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT WAS DEEP SEA HERE A FEW YEARS AGO
DUBAI - THE SEA HAD NO LIMITS HERE ONCE
DUBAI
THE SEA HAS BEEN WALLED AND FORCED BACK-
-RECLAMATION OF SPARSE LAND-
- A SAGA OF COLLECTIVE HUMAN ENDEAVOR AND ENDURANCE -
- WONDERFUL VISION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY ON THE REQUIREMENTS
OF FUTURE GENERATIONS
DUBAI - WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT WAS DEEP SEA HERE A FEW YEARS AGO
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