Dubai

Fascinating. I just tried to get onto a friends website (on Flickr.com) and this message came up in an internet cafe here in Dubai.



I've got lots of photos of interesting juxtapositions. Like I just saw a man who makes a living by moving large items on a wooden cart on his cell phone. Or two men in traditional head dress and robes getting ice cream at Haagen Daz.

Dubai is fantastically diverse. Indian, Arab, Asian, Russian (lots come here to shop), European and African all share this tax free environment. And yeah.. it's really really hot.

I haven't been able to figure out how the women in their burqas drink Starbucks coffee.

Coffee in Starbucks = 12 Dirhams
Chai masala on the street = 1 Dirham