Re: Has Dubai/Mideast fever gripped your family or desi social circle yet?
That sounds pretty nice...what about the worse experiences though??
That is mostly simple things that are partially just a function of being in the middle east in a rapidly growing country.
-It's HOT...HOT in the summer
-Construction traffic
-really crazy road designs that don't make sense and detours that get your more confused and lost.
-crazy real estate agents who try to milk as much money out of you....and pray on your ignorance despite having very long daris and mashallahing everything.
The bad of dubai IMO is that it has no heart...yet. it's really trying to create a style/atmosphere and culture and is very cool but it is too young to have a real flavor of its own. When we've been in Paris, NYC or Beiruit you really feel it..and see it. Dubai is like living in the mid-west. Very suburban and nice...but generic.