[Rambo]

I found some old pics of Dubai and Abu dhabi from the mid-80's. Mostly taken between 1985-1990

This is Dubai back then, its so different mostly desert

http://lh6.ggpht.com/nemethkati.hch/...jpg?imgmax=512

http://lh6.ggpht.com/nemethkati.hch/...jpg?imgmax=512

http://lh4.ggpht.com/nemethkati.hch/...jpg?imgmax=512

http://lh3.ggpht.com/nemethkati.hch/...jpg?imgmax=512




Now this is Abu dhabi. I was surprised Abu dhabi was mostly modern and developed even back then

http://lh5.ggpht.com/nemethkati.hch/...jpg?imgmax=512

http://lh4.ggpht.com/nemethkati.hch/...JPG?imgmax=512

http://lh4.ggpht.com/nemethkati.hch/...jpg?imgmax=512

http://lh6.ggpht.com/nemethkati.hch/...JPG?imgmax=512
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[Rambo]

Dubai back in 1990:



same road in 2003:

[Rambo]

This is a nice picture:

[Rambo]

This is a rare video of Dubai from 1995. This video shows there were almost no tall buidlings in dubai just 13 years ago. Dubai was still very modern but with no tall buildings YouTube - DXB_Hyatt Hotel Dubai

[Rambo]

Dubai's young prince, one of the richest guys one earth YouTube - U LOVE ME OR U LOVE MY MONEY

uae princes really seem down to earth people compared to saudi princes

girls go crazy over him, this is when he visited saudi arabia : YouTube - sheikh hamdan

[Rambo]

This picture gives you an idea how they have turned the desert so green. This picture looks like somewhere from europe and north america:

[MossadConspiracy]

pretty cool skyline

[jaani]

Taken from the top of the tower

Burj Dubai Official Website


I'm just amazed

~j

[IbnMardhiyah]

Originally Posted by jaani

Taken from the top of the tower

Something doesn't seem right about that pic. I've seen, and been in tall buildings that jut out above a low-lying layer of clouds, but that pic has something wrong about it. The shadows and sunlight are off. My gut tells me its been Photoshopped, and that scene is easy to do.

[the_wrong_guy]

Originally Posted by Rambo

This is a nice picture:

I find all the "development" shown in the picture to be just plain ugly. I absolutely hate modern architecture. And I fail to see any beauty in talls buildings.

[jaani]

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

Something doesn't seem right about that pic. I've seen, and been in tall buildings that jut out above a low-lying layer of clouds, but that pic has something wrong about it. The shadows and sunlight are off. My gut tells me its been Photoshopped, and that scene is easy to do.

I'm not sure but its possible....

~j

[Saja]

Woo-hoo, Dubai is home to a bunch of superlatives. They have the first, biggest, most expensive everything. I still don't see what the hype is about.

When I go overseas, I ditch the malls and the American franchises, and eat me some yummy shawarmas from the street corner of the souq and hit up the oldest parts of the city. Mountains, beaches, old palaces....not fake islands and new buildings. I think it's hilarious when my cousins overseas drag me to the KFC or Baskin Robbins in Yemen when I live in the land of fast food and chains. I go overseas to experience culture and old, natural beauty, and the UAE is losing all that.

There are sooo many countries I'd rather go to before I went to the UAE, even though I have a bunch of aunts and uncles there.

[MossadConspiracy]

check out the sick new skyscraper that will soon be built in Dubai. This projection is actually shorter by 200 meters than the most recent plan for the tower. Its called Al-Burj

its almost 3 times the height of the Empire State Building

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by Saja

Woo-hoo, Dubai is home to a bunch of superlatives. They have the first, biggest, most expensive everything. I still don't see what the hype is about.

When I go overseas, I ditch the malls and the American franchises, and eat me some yummy shawarmas from the street corner of the souq and hit up the oldest parts of the city. Mountains, beaches, old palaces....not fake islands and new buildings. I think it's hilarious when my cousins overseas drag me to the KFC or Baskin Robbins in Yemen when I live in the land of fast food and chains. I go overseas to experience culture and old, natural beauty, and the UAE is losing all that.

There are sooo many countries I'd rather go to before I went to the UAE, even though I have a bunch of aunts and uncles there.

yeah i agree, i went to dubai and i didn't really find it all special. somethings were nice but problem with modern things is that you get bored with them very quickly. i would much rather go to oman or yemen or even some parts of saudi arabia which have amazing natural beauty.

[LEGALEAGLE]

Bahrain is pretty cool. I have a friend who's always going back and forth and some of the pics are awesome.