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We are in Dubai , st bigest building, 828 mtr high biggest fish pool biggest shopping centre, biggest fountain, all these things in the world ever thing here is I'd the biggest in world .
It's 107. Deg outside
Population 8.2 80% are not native
Foreigners can not buy houses in a lot of the area , when foreigners Can marry a local then they get a block ol land free locals only have to pay for 10% of there water & power bill hoses are about 250 k petrol is 38c liter water is$1 a litter
Dubai mall has 1200 shops and400 restrarants , they are building a new one with 4000 shops
When they discovered oil here there were 7 different tribes 40 to 50 years ago , they all faught to the death each tribe , in the end they divided it all up into 7 states , Dubai is the richest , when they discovered oil the British helped them design the city ,all the infructure it took 10 years and in 1970 they were ready to start building, so the British left it to them and left.well done Pom's .The king sent all his sons to England to get educated.
We just went past the so called pearl boats ,(from the old days 1950 ' s (photos)
They still take there goods back to India parkestan & Iraq etc on these wooden boats . Not gold, pirates are a problem , you should see them all loaded up all these bags & s*** stacked up to the to the hilt on there wooden boats
Arab nationals are the only ones who can wear the head dress with the black band, they are the one's of blood Arab, born here ,if of you marry one of these things you get half , free house free power & water, they really are beautiful, the change might be worth it, but it's bloody hot here & no dought they will start to whinge
We have just been on once again, a great tour of Dubai , all these things we learn on the tours,are really worth the money, the museum was really good very modern, explained it all, the tours get you up and going and tell the whole story of the place your at.we also went to the gold shops the amount of gold stuff there is incredible , the peasant area of Dubai, we would never have found these places without a tour guide . We even got a boat ride up the river half an hour .
Had a real nice dinner at the hotel , off to bed now , another great day .
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