Sunday 27 November 2011

DUBAI: Traffic & public transport


We found out very quickly that Dubai was built for the car, and you can’t really get around town by foot. There are a distinct lack of pedestrian crossings and pavements, many of which just ended for no reason at all! We were walking in circles and finally decided to get a taxi to get back to the hotel. Taxis are cheap compared with other countries, but having to use them every day can start be quite expensive.
You can also use the metro in Dubai, but we didn’t get a chance to use it and the taxis were more convenient anyway.



Probably nothing in comparison to before the economic crash, but there was still a lot of buildings under construction. You always saw the workers arriving and leaving in big white buses. We commonly saw window cleaners abseiling down the huge buildings; it must be an exciting job as long as you are not scared of heights! Some of the buildings looked dirty as a result of the desert sand. You can find areas of just sand where there hasn’t been any construction, and it reminds you that this whole city used to be just that! This makes it hard to believe how quickly this city was created.

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