busybee2

also one of the boats here are advertising in adweek prices per day from 800 first day to something like 1800 second day etc fully inclusive.

busybee2

maybe they then "add on" per foot of boat etc....!

busybee2

Daily starting from AED250
Weekly starting from AED1,360
Monthly starting from AED4,950
Yearly starting from AED68,850
2009 Formula 1™ Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race week starting from AED14,850

taken from their website. there are extra charges for electric etc etc etc

Confucius

Hmmm...12 monthlys are cheaper than a yearly...Cheap...

Millhouse

starting from... I guess not all the monthlys are the same.

weescot

I was there today and the place is utterly fantastic - very impressive. Sure, it still looks like a building site in many parts, but it was mainly painting etc and landscaping activity that is being finished, from what I saw. The circuit and the Yas Marina Hotel are amazing. All credit to those who had a hand in it. And yes BB2, there are hardly any boats in the Marina.

busybee2

yep hearing that there is a still a lot of landscaping etc to be done, but of course they will do what is necessary in the "public view" as well as all the "tidying up" at the corniche. its funny that they are painting all the new kerbs and marking out the crossings etc, wonder why, oh yes because they will be on telly. and what still no boats in there, wonder why that is.

NorthernLad

You can hardly blame them...this is the first real global event for Abu Dhabi.

First impressions last.

busybee2

no i am not, but it gets something like that to actually do something which should have been done anyway, like separating the right hand turning lanes, with more room for pedestrians and also traffic calming, which they defo need here.

although there is still a long way to go to make all the approaches to the circuit finished, just been up for a little drive, its still quite major and not just landscaping stuff. also they will have to do some major "repair" work to the new road and bridge as its not quite upto standard but of course they are "rushing things"

benzonar

I forgot you were the resident construction expert.

Madam Medusa

exactly, they won't be the first to make it look good on the surface - look at rio for the environment summit a few years ago - and i'm sure they won't be the last...

MM, xx

busybee2

yep thats me, just drive over the new road, not upto standard, and if you care to look at the sudden "changes" in alignment on the "big" bridge..... its not a "good" feature.

Arcadia

My God! Do you ever stop bitching & moaning about Abu Dhabi..How you have managed to live here for a million years is beyond belief!

I'm sure Shiekh Kalifa will be shitting his pants at the fact that your not happy with the decoration.

You should try a stint in Libya...when they have an official gathering they just build a mile long, 10ft wall to hide all the shite.

benzonar

I was referring to this bollocks

busybee2

well i am entitled to my opinion, and i am just giving it, so you can all take it or leave it, just stating the obvious,but of course sometimes you lot just cant see it, but of course you would all know how things are done here, as you have been here so lonnnnnggg