Old Video of Dubai back in 1999 and 2000
Apr 10th 2018, 12:22 pm
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Re: Old Video of Dubai back in 1999 and 2000
Take 2:
Taken from the Sheraton Jumeirah Beach Hotel.
Taken from the Sheraton Jumeirah Beach Hotel.
Apr 10th 2018, 12:33 pm
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Re: Old Video of Dubai back in 1999 and 2000
So that's the marina, eh?
There's a row of single storey villas. Must have been an isolated place to live back then!
There's a row of single storey villas. Must have been an isolated place to live back then!
Apr 11th 2018, 5:42 am
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Re: Old Video of Dubai back in 1999 and 2000
Thanks, your a gem
The beach has actually got waves and unspoilt without artificial islands as far as the eye can see.
Was this taken after 2003? As I remember staying there in Aug 2003 and there was no water the marina, just large dug out holes.
Apr 11th 2018, 6:13 am
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Re: Old Video of Dubai back in 1999 and 2000
Someone mentioned the Zinc club, I stayed in the Fairmont, if you were staying in the hotel, you could walk to the front of the queue show your key card and walk straight in.
Apr 11th 2018, 6:20 am
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Re: Old Video of Dubai back in 1999 and 2000
It was 2002; the pic info says 4th Oct 2002.
Apr 12th 2018, 3:32 am
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Re: Old Video of Dubai back in 1999 and 2000
Aussie legends at the old Rydges hotel in Satwa? Ah, yeah, remember the place. We used to go there along with Boston Bar nearby. Proper dives but fun times. Aussie had a pool table and Australian Sheilas bar staff. Back in those days there was a decent colony of young western expats living in Satwa/Jumeirah 1/ Bur Dubai so it was central for us.
I remember when Yalumba was the brunch and we always went to Waxy's afterwards. I even had a cheap brunch at Waxy's once. It was around 100 AED, five drinks tickets, the full English. But the place always had a sticky and grimy feel to it that you didn't notice when you came already drunk after Yalumba.
We also used to go to the Music Room to play pool and smoke and drink. They had a great Filipino band that did an amazing imitation of the Grateful Dead.
I remember when Yalumba was the brunch and we always went to Waxy's afterwards. I even had a cheap brunch at Waxy's once. It was around 100 AED, five drinks tickets, the full English. But the place always had a sticky and grimy feel to it that you didn't notice when you came already drunk after Yalumba.
We also used to go to the Music Room to play pool and smoke and drink. They had a great Filipino band that did an amazing imitation of the Grateful Dead.
Apr 12th 2018, 9:18 pm
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Re: Old Video of Dubai back in 1999 and 2000
We used to live on Al Diyafah St (now 2 December St) - Rydges was our local - there was a great Mexican restaurant there too. I think it moved over to the Wafi at a later date.
