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Dubai or New York
- Thread starter WATFORD O
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Dubai, i found new york dull.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Dubai - New York like all of the USA is not good.
Beach Hut said:
Yep.
Did a fair bit of it by train over a month last summer.
Washington was good as was san fran, portland and seattle, however vegas, la, miami etc are just holes.
Dubai New York is too cold this time of year
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Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Would personally choose Dubai, a city being developed at a rapid pace, different culture (US isn't radically different from our own) and some mid-winter sunshine. Bit of a no brainer really.
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Went to New York for Christmas in 95, it was blooming freezing, reckon the best time to go there would be either spring or autumn, no big city is nice in the summer months, they are usually hot, claustrophobic and smelly. Spent 4 months in Qatar in 2004, was a real eye-opener to the arabian way of life, have to say I loved it, Dubai is probably a few years ahead of that country in the development stakes so I reckon it would be more than worth the visit.
Will be v cold then, -3 with wind chill down to -10 last time i was there in MarchWATFORD O said:
bhaexpress
New member
Dubai has quite a lot of Moslems though ....
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,630
Dubai has stunning beaches. It's entertaining looking around their shops (esp. the raffle at the airport in which you can win a Ferrari- if you want to pay $250 for a ticket). The architecture and scale of development is mind blowing.
And I'd highly recommend going out into the desert for a bit of dune bashing in a Toyota Landcruiser (take your sea sickness pills though), followed by camel riding and dinner under the stars. You don't know what darkness really is until you're sat in the middle of the desert with no lighting around you.
And I'd highly recommend going out into the desert for a bit of dune bashing in a Toyota Landcruiser (take your sea sickness pills though), followed by camel riding and dinner under the stars. You don't know what darkness really is until you're sat in the middle of the desert with no lighting around you.
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,630
Dubai is the most Westernised of all Arabic countries in any case.
You can drink there, although only really in hotels, and you need to be prepared to pay a fiver for a beer.
I liked it, though I don't imagine it to be the authentic Middle Eastern experience. Nice country though, very safe.
You can drink there, although only really in hotels, and you need to be prepared to pay a fiver for a beer.
I liked it, though I don't imagine it to be the authentic Middle Eastern experience. Nice country though, very safe.
DJ Leon said:
It was the last place on my way home after 5 months that may hace had something to do with it.
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Would only call NY dull if it was cloudy in the middle of winter, I found it a fascinating place, if a little cold.
Its London with out the History, Give me Washington any time
HampshireSeagulls
Moulding Generation Z
Good and bad points to both places. Personally, I would go back to Dubai and stay in the most expensive hotel I could afford!
Bluejuice
Lazy as a rug on Valium
Surely no comparison.
Dubai - fascinating
New York - another American city
Dubai - fascinating
New York - another American city