Dubai Is Nuts!!!

[donski]

Dubai in 1990 prior to the craziness


The same street in 2003


Last year


The madness. Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.

[donski]

The Dubai Waterfront. When completed it will become the largest waterfront development in the world.


All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks like a palm tree.


The Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man made islands. They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space. Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all.


Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised as being visible from the moon.

[donski]

The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world. Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million.


The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai. The worlds tallest hotel. Considered the only '7 star' hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world. It stands on an artificial island in the sea.


Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel. Entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai, it is scheduled to be completed by 2009 after many delays.


The Burj Dubai. Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be complete by 2008. At an estimated height of over 800 meters, it will easily be world's tallest building when finished. It will be almost 40% taller than the the current tallest building, the Taipei 101.

[donski]

This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009. More than 140 stories of the Burj Dubai have already been completed. It is already the worlds tallest man made structure and it is still not scheduled to be completed for at least another year.


The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront. Once completed it will take over the title of the tallest structure in the world from the Burj Dubai.


Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower will be 1200 meters. That would make it more than 30% taller than the Burj Dubai and three times as tall as the Empire State Building.

This is a city on crack.


The Burj al Alam, or The World Tower. Upon completion it will rank as the world's highest hotel. It is expected to be finished by 2009. At 480 meters it will only be 28 meters shorter than the Taipei 101.

[donski]

The Trump International Hotel & Tower, which will be the centerpiece of one of the palm islands, The Palm Jumeirah.



Dubailand. Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, which is also the largest single-site employer in the United states with 58,000 employees. Dubailand will be twice the size.

[chua_riwap]

Basta may pera, walang imposible...........

[donski]

Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 miles^2) at an estimated $20 billion price tag. The site will include a purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects.


Dubai Sports City. A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand.

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[VtEC]

sarap naman dyan, di kaya amoy curry mga building nayan(joke)


imo, preparations nila yan just incase maubos ang main source of income (oil)....

[donski]

kelan pa kaya magiging ganyan ang 'pinas?

[rai2k8]

ang yaman naman ng dubai!

[chua_riwap]

May email.....may panabla raw ang Saudi riyan (sa Jeddah). Yun daw "Mile Tower", mababansot daw yung Al Burj at Burj Dubai. (Payabangan ano?)

Yung picture, laki ng size, di ko ma-attach.

[Horsepower]

Dubai doesn't depend on oil, its oil revenues are less than a fifth of its economy.

It's the "Singapore" of the Middle East, only million times richer.

[yebo]

ano yung sabi sa bible? ang natandaan ko lang yung song e, "a foolish man built his house upon the sand... and the walls came crumbling down."

[awing]

Dubai doesn't depend on oil, its oil revenues are less than a fifth of its economy.

It's the "Singapore" of the Middle East, only million times richer.

exactly.

less than 20% from oil revenues and the rest is through 'tourism'.

[Isuzoom]

at least meron silang development...tayo we are goin backward.

[donski]

Dubai to Build World’s Largest Arch Bridge

Dubai is set to spend $817-million on building the world’s largest arch bride, at 617-feet tall and 1-mile in length. Expect it to be in service by 2012.



Dubai is the Tetsuo of cities, expanding so fast it’s on the verge of creating of its own universe. And architecture that looks like it’s from the 22nd century only adds to the sheer grandeur of its growth—this bridge, envisioned by NY architecture firm Fxfowle, will be the largest and tallest arch bridge in the world, at one mile long and 670 feet tall.

Construction starts next month and is due to wrap up in 2012 after running some $817 million dollars. World’s first vacuum tube mass transit system will launch in Dubai shortly thereafter.

[donski]

May email.....may panabla raw ang Saudi riyan (sa Jeddah). Yun daw "Mile Tower", mababansot daw yung Al Burj at Burj Dubai. (Payabangan ano?)

Yung picture, laki ng size, di ko ma-attach.

heto ba ang sinasabi niyo Sir? payabangan talaga sila



tama ang sabi mo sir mababansut nga ang Al Burj at Burj Dubai

[ringostarr]

i think that they are preparing for the next polar shift or change in world climate sa tingin ko. as we all know puro american companies naman talaga halos mayari dyan sa middle east. The Americans and the rich sultans practically own the middle east.

it's like this kasi, AFrica today is a no man's land a god forsaken land. kahit ano gawin nila sa crops nila, the land is just cursed that's why endless famine. while Africa is suffering, its counterpart continent is flourishing - America.

i think in the next 100 years or maybe less, America will die. kitang-kita na naman eh 100 degrees temperature na sa iba't ibang states. nagkakaron na talaga ng abrupt climate change.

the next venue for the superpower is middle east. africa as an agricultural nation and nearby middle east as its financial capital. i read this somewhere eh.

for those of you who still think that America is land of milk and honey. think again ..

kaya hindi nakakapagtaka na very futurustic ang look ng dubai. para talaga pang-sci movie. China is also trying to imitate Dubai. look at Shanghai skyscrapers halos kamukha ng Dubai bldgs. kaya lang self-denial na lang yun kasi, lulubog ang shanghai after the next climate change. China seems to believe in Al gore's theory pa din na ma-save tayo if we control our consumption. but the true Americans are not risking it, kaya hayun andun ang pera ng mga Amerkano napupunta lahat sa middle east. Dubai is just a start

[cutedoc]

minsan sa dami ng nagyayari di mo na alm kung matutuwa ka o matatakot...

but i will still want to go and see dubai, ill save and visit dubai=) kaya lang maninit daw sobra dun, abot 40c daw at humid pa, panu kaya yun dubailand, baka pina aircon ang buong dubailand...

[rdecruze]

Hindi lang 40 deg C ang temperature mga sirs..50 deg C at 80% humidity most of the time during summer. Minsan pumalo ng 52 pero 50 lang sa record baka matakot tao.. But you will still love this place specially if you are sports car lovers. I often travel from Sohar Oman to Dubai every week end and loved watching Ferrari racing on highway. We open windows so we can hear the sound.....its music to your ear!