<< A slice of Dubai | Main | And one last thing about Dubai... >> August 28, 2007 >> And another thing about Dubai Dubai is totally not very cheap, at least not as cheap as I had imagined. I imagine it could be easy on the wallet if you lived in one of the ramshackle slum villages which warily circle the outside of the metro monolith. But here on Sheikh Zihad Road, the rich get richer and the poor busily construct ever more elaborate residences for the future rich to live in. Cranes own the sky and they, too, light up in splendor when the horizon grows dark. Drinking is a somewhat paradoxical pasttime here: Arabic culture frowns on the imbiber, but the nature of Dubai is such that there is honestly nothing else for ex-pats and business folk to do. The result is a rather comical dance-mis-dance, where horrible house clubs have a near-monopoly on alcohol and restaurants feature sheesha instead. Everyone who comes into the United Arab Emirates is pretty much required by friends and acquaintances to visit the Duty Free shop at the airport and purchase the maximum (4 bottles). Those who forget have missed an invaluable opportunity and must find their own way home. Consequentially, the laws of supply and demand which apparently pwn the roost here mean that booze is not cheap. It's pretty expensive, except for women who enjoy a seeming 1-to-9 ratio with men and are showered with bountiful Ladies Nights and Free Drinks for Chickie-poo until 2 AM and Here, Have Another Daiquiri and Maybe You'll Fuck Me Later? Says the Burly Egyptian Businessman. If you are a girl you will do very well here, and if you are a guy you'd better be super attractive or able to out-bid the Saudis for the very best golddigging whores. It is interesting how alcohol becomes a commodity within commodity in Dubai, as the conduits of its access seem to lead directly to sexual capital. Money, booze, sex; and Allah fits in there somewhere too, I guess. Anyway the point of this post is that I am financially impotent and will likely end up dead in Cairo by the weekend. Posted by Chris at 05:56 AM >> Commentations (1)
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