???s about Dubai
 

The wife and I are thinking about visiting Dubai next month. Could someone tell me the basics, such as best transportation, best reasonable safe hotels, places to visit, things to do, any safety precautions?

Loooooooove the avatar!!

Regarding your trip: You must travel all the time. I've never met someone who has visited all the cool places on the planet and is just sick of them. What's that like? ;)

Visit the PPRUNE forum, Middle East section. Enough info there to set you up.

wrong forum to ask this ? in, try "foreign" and yes, pprune.org, mucho info there, take it with a grain of salt

Spent several weeks in there and two Christmas'. Overall, a good place that is more Western than any other place in the Middle East. I cannot remember hotels but there are a ton of them that are 4-5 stars that were cheap when I was last there in 2004 (150 USD night). They were even playing Christmas music at the malls. Remember, Middle East we are talking about. I believe we stayed at a
Marriot and had steaks at JWs in the hotel. Great steaks! National Geographic has a special on Dubai that the are running, watch it and you will see what is going on there. Taxis are cheap and dependable. We walked about the local area as a group of three guys and we were ok but I would consult the local hotel people for what to do. Night life is good also. You can look at the CIA website for a country brief too to get a glimpse of the current state.

PS. what are you doing with a photo of my wife on your avatar? PM is you need more.

FBN

all the info you need can be found here: Dubai Info: Living in Dubai | Working in Dubai | General Information

Weather next month should be close to perfect. If you can't get a Hotel on the beach, try Shk Z Rd, its easy to get cabs from there.

Are you trying to non rev on United? I'd like to know how that goes..pm me after.

Probably also annoyed by people who don't know how to spell "Isaac" :):):)

Flybynuts post is good, but prices have risen considerably.


Main complaints are the cost-of-living and inflation rate, plus very fast drivers in big cars. The dirham is tied to the dollar and there were a lot of complaints by non-US folks when the dollar was weaker - those voices have quieted somewhat. I agree that Pprune is a good place to look but you need to filter both the Kool-Aid and the whiners, and note that most of what you read is employment / long-term resident oriented. Also be careful of where you party ... FOXNews.com - British Couple Sentenced to 3 Months for Sex on Dubai Beach - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

rotorhead1026 - Probably also annoyed by people who don't know how to spell "Isaac" :)

Rotorhead - I thought his name was spelled Исаак Озимов or possibly Айзек Азимов, you sure it's Isaac? :D

Kidding, it's been a while since I read it (no, not in Russian ;)) but I loved his Foundation Trilogy.

SilkSmooth who is the avatar???? We all must know!

Dude...It is Selma Hayek.

AA