Dubai the Most Disappointing Travel Destination on Earth
Dec 11th 2014, 5:28 pm
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Re: Dubai the Most Disappointing Travel Destination on Earth
Worst place I went to was Sadams Palace it was a bit of a let down but its surrounding bombed up streets and pot-shot walls reminded me of home!
Dec 13th 2014, 4:21 am
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Re: Dubai the Most Disappointing Travel Destination on Earth
I travelled from Muscat, in the mid 60s, for a four day break, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Remember hotel with BOAC sign on roof. We, my sergeant and I, were in an hotel near the airport, possibly called Bushtan ? Food was excellent, and the break from Muscat was rejuvenating.
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Dec 13th 2014, 6:14 pm
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Re: Dubai the Most Disappointing Travel Destination on Earth
Ah, BOAC ! How nostalgic !
Dec 14th 2014, 3:55 am
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Dec 14th 2014, 12:31 pm
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Re: Dubai the Most Disappointing Travel Destination on Earth
Dec 14th 2014, 4:57 pm
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Re: Dubai the Most Disappointing Travel Destination on Earth
A lot of architecture tries too hard to be different for the sake of being different. In the end they aren't that creative BUT Gaudi's familia is like nothing else and truly is a breath of fresh air.
Dec 14th 2014, 5:02 pm
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Re: Dubai the Most Disappointing Travel Destination on Earth
Looks interesting but , from a personal interest standpoint, still just a modern building that has more in common with the Clock tower of Mecca than Japanese pagodas and Shinto temples.
Still I'd give it more creativity than most of baubles in the MidEast, cause it looks like a building from a post apocalyptic or distopian world or something out of a fictional fantasy world.
A little humour; spell check wants me to change "distopian" to " pianist " . I know it should be " dystopian " but " pianist " is waay off.
Still I'd give it more creativity than most of baubles in the MidEast, cause it looks like a building from a post apocalyptic or distopian world or something out of a fictional fantasy world.
A little humour; spell check wants me to change "distopian" to " pianist " . I know it should be " dystopian " but " pianist " is waay off.
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Dec 15th 2014, 3:18 am
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Re: Dubai the Most Disappointing Travel Destination on Earth
Gaudi's Sagrada Familia ; one of the world's most stupendous examples of culture and architecture.
A lot of architecture tries too hard to be different for the sake of being different. In the end they aren't that creative BUT Gaudi's familia is like nothing else and truly is a breath of fresh air.
A lot of architecture tries too hard to be different for the sake of being different. In the end they aren't that creative BUT Gaudi's familia is like nothing else and truly is a breath of fresh air.
I do get your point though, Dubai has to build new things because it doesn't have barrel loads of centuries old buildings etc.
