A return to the desert? Only with mod cons
Apr 15th 2010, 12:16 pm
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A return to the desert? Only with mod cons
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs....704149864/1040
Seems some locals are returning to live in tents in the desert, rather than live in a city with us awful foreigners. But only with aircon and televisions.
Apparently some are put off by the 'scarcity of mosques' in certain parts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Plenty of them near me!
Recently one poster (Spugsy?) claimed that Dubai would be better without locals. Looks like their hopes are getting closer if this article has any accuracy...
Your thoughts?
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Seems some locals are returning to live in tents in the desert, rather than live in a city with us awful foreigners. But only with aircon and televisions.
Apparently some are put off by the 'scarcity of mosques' in certain parts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Plenty of them near me!
Recently one poster (Spugsy?) claimed that Dubai would be better without locals. Looks like their hopes are getting closer if this article has any accuracy...
Your thoughts?
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Apr 15th 2010, 12:36 pm
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hmmmm...nice
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Re: A return to the desert? Only with mod cons
some of them never really left I guess...just outside Mirdif there's always loads of people in the sand, just sitting there in the evening, and there are quite a few tent type things, complete with sofa's and carpets etc, where they spend the whole weekend, quadbikes parked outside, campfires...
Apr 15th 2010, 12:47 pm
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Re: A return to the desert? Only with mod cons
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs....704149864/1040
Seems some locals are returning to live in tents in the desert, rather than live in a city with us awful foreigners. But only with aircon and televisions.
Apparently some are put off by the 'scarcity of mosques' in certain parts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Plenty of them near me!
Recently one poster (Spugsy?) claimed that Dubai would be better without locals. Looks like their hopes are getting closer if this article has any accuracy...
Your thoughts?
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Seems some locals are returning to live in tents in the desert, rather than live in a city with us awful foreigners. But only with aircon and televisions.
Apparently some are put off by the 'scarcity of mosques' in certain parts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Plenty of them near me!
Recently one poster (Spugsy?) claimed that Dubai would be better without locals. Looks like their hopes are getting closer if this article has any accuracy...
Your thoughts?
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It is nice to have everything a city has to offer available, as nice as it is to have peace and quiet if you want it.
Apr 15th 2010, 2:47 pm
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Re: A return to the desert? Only with mod cons
some of them never really left I guess...just outside Mirdif there's always loads of people in the sand, just sitting there in the evening, and there are quite a few tent type things, complete with sofa's and carpets etc, where they spend the whole weekend, quadbikes parked outside, campfires...
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Apr 15th 2010, 4:57 pm
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Re: A return to the desert? Only with mod cons
saw a fella at the back of Mirdif a couple of weeks back with a 42" telly and a sofa watching the football, 4x4s whizzing all around him
Apr 15th 2010, 5:52 pm
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Re: A return to the desert? Only with mod cons
Apr 15th 2010, 5:53 pm
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Re: A return to the desert? Only with mod cons
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs....704149864/1040
Seems some locals are returning to live in tents in the desert, rather than live in a city with us awful foreigners. But only with aircon and televisions.
Apparently some are put off by the 'scarcity of mosques' in certain parts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Plenty of them near me!
Recently one poster (Spugsy?) claimed that Dubai would be better without locals. Looks like their hopes are getting closer if this article has any accuracy...
Your thoughts?
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Seems some locals are returning to live in tents in the desert, rather than live in a city with us awful foreigners. But only with aircon and televisions.
Apparently some are put off by the 'scarcity of mosques' in certain parts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Plenty of them near me!
Recently one poster (Spugsy?) claimed that Dubai would be better without locals. Looks like their hopes are getting closer if this article has any accuracy...
Your thoughts?
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Apr 15th 2010, 8:05 pm
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Apr 15th 2010, 8:33 pm
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Re: A return to the desert? Only with mod cons
"In the sizzling heat of the day, he and his family can lounge in a Bedouin tent, decked out with a television, air conditioner and trays serving fresh camel milk, pitched in front of his villa’s entrance."
I used to sleep in a tent in the back garden of my family house, back when I was six...
I used to sleep in a tent in the back garden of my family house, back when I was six...
Apr 15th 2010, 9:32 pm
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Re: A return to the desert? Only with mod cons
"In the sizzling heat of the day, he and his family can lounge in a Bedouin tent, decked out with a television, air conditioner and trays serving fresh camel milk, pitched in front of his villa’s entrance."
I used to sleep in a tent in the back garden of my family house, back when I was six...
I used to sleep in a tent in the back garden of my family house, back when I was six...
Unless of course you are talking about the Crieff Brownie Jamboree
