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But then again I'm 45, have a beard long hair and am wearing a Gas Monkey T-Shirt and sporting a wedding ring so probably not the normal target
IN the hotel, a pint was a mere £18. For Stella. Cheap was around a tenner. to be fair taxis are cheap. food - pretty crap really, nothing out of the ordinary. And more often than not, on the beachfront, forget having a drink with your meal, cos you can't.
I don't get the appeal of going on your own money.
If you like shopping, well its great. If you don't like walking, its great cos its so bleeding hot, you can't walk far really. If you don't like drinking, its great. If you don't like holding your wife's hand in public, its great, cos if you do, you can get arrested.
If you don't swear, its great, cos you can get arrested for swearing.
one morning, I walked the length of the beach and back at Jumeirah Beach Residence. It was about 50, total humidity, and I had a t shirt on, cos I'd forgotten to lather up in factor full monty. I have never sweated like it, and bear in mind I box regularly, so I know about getting hot and sweaty. Sweat was running out of my t shirt which was utterly sodden. It was about 40 at night too.
I was so glad to be out of there.
Airport is pleasant enough, but duty free is comically expensive.
I won't be going back in a hurry.
Apart from that, hey, fill your boots!
What you have to keep in mind is that Dubai is ALL about tourism, so if you act like a tourist, it's very expensive. But if you aim higher, the really good places to eat aren't much more than regular type places. And the cheapest places are amazing, but you won't find them as a tourist.
You won't get arrested for holding hands. The line for a potential charge is probably kissing in public but, like drinking and swearing, it's treated far more subtly most of the time - it's only if you get trouble for doing SOMETHING ELSE stupid then they'll add extra charges for drunkeness, adultery, etc. And anything you do in public is obviously far worse than if it goes on inside a pirvate venue (pub, club, bar, etc).
I agree it's bloody hot though. I'm aching for October at the moment.
And several bits of Dubai are indeed full of tossers. That's why we chose Abu Dhabi!
It's certainly not for everyone, but we like it.
The sweating sounds particularly good.
"You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone. The days are dark and the road is long."
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g295424-d817364-Reviews-Ravi_s-Dubai_Emirate_of_Dubai.html
Get in a cab, ask for "Ravi Restaurant in Satwa, near the mosque by the big roundabout". Almost everyone knows it.
If the weather's ok you sit on patio furniture out on the pavement. Try the butter chicken, the mutton jalfrezi and the cheese & potato naans. Palak paneer's great too if you like spinach.
You'll easily fill 2 hungry people for 100 AED and it's the best curry you'll ever have.
I'd like to go, just to see it, but I'd only do it on my own Dime if I was flying through and I might stop over for a night.
My (possibly incorrect) impression of it is that it's like the bastard offspring of Blackpool and Las Vegas with a bit of religious intolerance, high booze prices, and flash cunts with a load of money.
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But people choose to go on holiday there, that's something I don't understand, but each their own.
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Seems to be a popular destination amongst British Sikhs, at least every Sikh person I know has had a holiday there. These seem to consist of woman shopping whilst man watches sports in hotel bar. That sounds awful as well.
I think even Benidorm would be preferable.