CaptainChaos's holiday picci's

[CaptainChaos]

As promised!!

Pictures removed at CaptainChaos's request

As well as all the above i went quad biking, sun bathing, done loads of shopping, camel riding, watched a belly dance show, walked alot and ate and drank lots!!! Despite wasting the last few days in bed ill, i had a brilliant time and would definately go back again.

 

[Upper Kirby]

2 is interesting. 7 (the sand dunes), while beautiful, also makes one feel very small.

For those unfamiliar with Dubai, the rulers of that country are obscenely, obscenely rich. Some prince got bored and built a 23k-square meter indoor ski resort (look).

The hotel CC mentions is "the world's first seven-star hotel". The tallest building in the world build exclusively as a hotel, on a specially-built artificial island.

Check out that helipad. In 2005 Andre Agassi played a game off tennis off of that.

Did you see the Burj Dubai, that bigass skyscraper they're building there? Uhh, this thing.

While you were there did you see how construction was going on those gigantic palm tree islands they're building?


For the shisha, you just haven't tried a good mix yet .

 

[Monumental Proportions]

That looks awesome. And fun. Dang.

 

[OPArsenal]

<3 CaptainChaos.

Why haven't I talked to you lately?

 

[OPArsenal]

Refugees of the last Lexiconian Purge.

 

[Emperor Matthuis]

Nice pictures CC and thanks for making us all feel jealous....

 

[CaptainChaos]

Glad you liked them!! I thought the Lexi one was the funniest!

 

[Upper Kirby]

I came across this on the Beep today and thought I'd share. I also thought rather than start a new topic I'd share in this thread since it's apropos. For those aren't connected to oil families or live in areas where everyone else is, Dubai is swimming in oil money and has a very large migrant labor force. Also: Anyone here ever see Syriana?

A Pakistani laments Dubai.