About:
Dubai is located on the Arabian Peninsula off the Persian Golf, and lies within the Arabian Dessert. It is part of the United Arab Emirates. It is a modern city. While it does have oil reserves, this is fairly moderate by Arabian standards. Still, the country is more prosperous then what its oil production would suggest.
According to the "About Dubai Screen" which was a publication about Dubai on-board my Flight on Emirates Airlines, Dubai's wealth stems from something bigger then just oil wealth. Their wealth stems from their openness to the west and the ease at which foreigners to do business within this Country. According to my husband Arvind Jujare, when those in the Middle East want to do business with the West they go to Dubai, and when those in the West want to do business with the Middle East, they go to Dubai.
My Expediences:
To be clear: I have never actually visited Dubai. I have, however, been through their airports numerous times going between the U.S. and India.
The last time that I went through the airport was on December 30, 2014 on my way back from India. We left India on time, but due to fog in Dubai we were not able to land on time and ended circling the city for a good hour and a half. During that time I got to see the landscape of the Arabian Desert that surrounds the city. As we came in, I was able to get a pretty good view of the city, including the Burj Khalifa, which is the tallest building in the world. If you look very closely in the first picture I posted you can see it rising out of the fog that had earlier prevented us from landing.
Normally when I go through the Dubai airport it is at night, and so not only to I not get a good view of the city and the area that surrounds it, I also do not get a feel for what the airport is really like during the main portion of the day.
The first time second time I had come through here I was really surprised at how many men tried to enter the women's restroom. While I was taking a bathroom break, a man tried to escort several women he was with. He had a brief argument with a security guard before being chased out. I sat across from this restroom while waiting for my flight and saw at least three other men try to enter, some of them had clearly just been confused as to which restroom they were entering, but at least one other also tried to escort their harem of women in.
This last time was much busier. I had not had time to check out what was going on with the restrooms, but I did not notice any men trying to enter.
Food:
I did not eat anything while I was at the airport, but there are a variety of places to eat that fit a Westerners pallet. There are cafes that sell coffee and sandwiches, and bars that serve pizza and beer. It would not be Dubai without some air of decedents: there are upscale restaurants here, including a caviar bar.
New Year's Eve 2014:
On new Year's eve most of us go out to a party, or stay at home and watch the ball drop on on t.v. that takes place at New York's time square. This year, my friends and I watched the New Year's eve event taking place in Dubai.
We started watching the ball drop in New York time square before changing the channel; when we changed the channel we were amazed. The show started with a dazzling water fountain display that dwarfed anything you might see in Las Vegas. When watching it I turned to my friend and said: "You know, they are in the middle of the desert and look what they are using their water for".
After the water show was over attention turned to Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the word. It was lit up with what must have been hundreds of thousands of LED lights. These were synchronized to music and 500,000 fireworks that exploded from the side of the sky scraper (Johanson). I kept hearing my Indian friends say, "I know someone who is there".
One of my friends turned to me and said, "I half expect the building to launch from the ground" (Pai).
"It probably would have been less expensive if it had." I replied.
The first time the show was put on, in December of 2013, it cost $6,000,000 U.S.D. While it is a fraction of the cost India used to send a craft into Mars ($74 million). They really could have sent the building into space with the $6 million price tag.
Work Cited:
Emirates Airlines. "About Dubai". Retrieved: December 30, 2014.
DowntownDubai. "Downtown Dubai New Year's Eve 2015" Streamed: 31 December 2014. Retrieved: January 17, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aJPgGXRaFE
"Dubai". Wikipedia. Retrieved: January 17, 2015. Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai
Johanson, Mark. "Dubai Fireworks 2014: The Record-Breaking Display By The Numbers". Published: 01 January 2015. Website: http://www.ibtimes.com/dubai-fireworks-2014-record-breaking-display-numbers-1524204 Retrieved: 17 January 2015.
Jujare, Arvind. Personal Conversation. January 2015.
Pai, Siddharth. Personal Conversation. 01 January 2015.
Park, Madison. "India's spacecraft reaches Mars orbit... and history", CNN. 24 September 2014. Retrieved: 17 December 2015. Website: http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/world/asia/mars-india-orbiter/
Dubai is located on the Arabian Peninsula off the Persian Golf, and lies within the Arabian Dessert. It is part of the United Arab Emirates. It is a modern city. While it does have oil reserves, this is fairly moderate by Arabian standards. Still, the country is more prosperous then what its oil production would suggest. According to the "About Dubai Screen" which was a publication about Dubai on-board my Flight on Emirates Airlines, Dubai's wealth stems from something bigger then just oil wealth. Their wealth stems from their openness to the west and the ease at which foreigners to do business within this Country. According to my husband Arvind Jujare, when those in the Middle East want to do business with the West they go to Dubai, and when those in the West want to do business with the Middle East, they go to Dubai.
My Expediences:
To be clear: I have never actually visited Dubai. I have, however, been through their airports numerous times going between the U.S. and India. The last time that I went through the airport was on December 30, 2014 on my way back from India. We left India on time, but due to fog in Dubai we were not able to land on time and ended circling the city for a good hour and a half. During that time I got to see the landscape of the Arabian Desert that surrounds the city. As we came in, I was able to get a pretty good view of the city, including the Burj Khalifa, which is the tallest building in the world. If you look very closely in the first picture I posted you can see it rising out of the fog that had earlier prevented us from landing.
Normally when I go through the Dubai airport it is at night, and so not only to I not get a good view of the city and the area that surrounds it, I also do not get a feel for what the airport is really like during the main portion of the day.
The first time second time I had come through here I was really surprised at how many men tried to enter the women's restroom. While I was taking a bathroom break, a man tried to escort several women he was with. He had a brief argument with a security guard before being chased out. I sat across from this restroom while waiting for my flight and saw at least three other men try to enter, some of them had clearly just been confused as to which restroom they were entering, but at least one other also tried to escort their harem of women in.
This last time was much busier. I had not had time to check out what was going on with the restrooms, but I did not notice any men trying to enter.
Food:
I did not eat anything while I was at the airport, but there are a variety of places to eat that fit a Westerners pallet. There are cafes that sell coffee and sandwiches, and bars that serve pizza and beer. It would not be Dubai without some air of decedents: there are upscale restaurants here, including a caviar bar.
New Year's Eve 2014:
On new Year's eve most of us go out to a party, or stay at home and watch the ball drop on on t.v. that takes place at New York's time square. This year, my friends and I watched the New Year's eve event taking place in Dubai.
We started watching the ball drop in New York time square before changing the channel; when we changed the channel we were amazed. The show started with a dazzling water fountain display that dwarfed anything you might see in Las Vegas. When watching it I turned to my friend and said: "You know, they are in the middle of the desert and look what they are using their water for".
After the water show was over attention turned to Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the word. It was lit up with what must have been hundreds of thousands of LED lights. These were synchronized to music and 500,000 fireworks that exploded from the side of the sky scraper (Johanson). I kept hearing my Indian friends say, "I know someone who is there".
One of my friends turned to me and said, "I half expect the building to launch from the ground" (Pai).
"It probably would have been less expensive if it had." I replied.
The first time the show was put on, in December of 2013, it cost $6,000,000 U.S.D. While it is a fraction of the cost India used to send a craft into Mars ($74 million). They really could have sent the building into space with the $6 million price tag.
Work Cited:
Emirates Airlines. "About Dubai". Retrieved: December 30, 2014.
DowntownDubai. "Downtown Dubai New Year's Eve 2015" Streamed: 31 December 2014. Retrieved: January 17, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aJPgGXRaFE
"Dubai". Wikipedia. Retrieved: January 17, 2015. Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai
Johanson, Mark. "Dubai Fireworks 2014: The Record-Breaking Display By The Numbers". Published: 01 January 2015. Website: http://www.ibtimes.com/dubai-fireworks-2014-record-breaking-display-numbers-1524204 Retrieved: 17 January 2015.
Jujare, Arvind. Personal Conversation. January 2015.
Pai, Siddharth. Personal Conversation. 01 January 2015.
Park, Madison. "India's spacecraft reaches Mars orbit... and history", CNN. 24 September 2014. Retrieved: 17 December 2015. Website: http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/world/asia/mars-india-orbiter/
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