Tuesday, September 26, 2006

contrasto!!!

This is got to be one of the most embarrassing sites about Dubai to adorne the WWW! The text and photo captions are so badly written (and crudely translated from italian) and riddled with inaccuracies and bizarre mistakes. It's a pity, because it's one of the first sites to come up when you do an image search on google using the key words Dubai and Ramadan.

The Italians may have won the World Cup (dirty tricks notwithstanding), but will never win any prizes for
this gallery!

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Two Dubai Pics





Few weeks ago I was researching something when I came across interting photos about Dubai. Two of them stood out for me; the first shows a camel childjockey, an image that until very recently was not unusual (and for many, simply normal); and the second, a covered car with workers laundry in the background, looks like a surrealist painting, with a bleakness that is probably closer to the reality of the city than most glitzy pictures out there.

Monday, September 04, 2006

Dubai Traffic Webcams!


I was intrigued to find a Dubai Municipality online link that is supposed to show the Dubai traffic conditions; but then I tried it and was disappointed. Either my computer isn't configured to show this kind of action or something is wrong with these supposed live webcams streaming traffic conditions on the Dubai Roads (well, at least roads in the Dubai heartland, i.e. Bur Dubai and Deira); Or could it be that these webcams are streaming via YouTube or MyFileHost?