DUBAI... the 8th wonder of the world...

[oldtimer]

not sure if anyone seen the special on national geographic but this is a man made island.. the prince of dubai realizes the oil will eventually out so he's making the future hotspot for vacationing so the country continues to be filthy rich.. they're calling it the 8th wonder of the world.. this is a satellite view from space...



this is the plan for dubai "the world".. again manmade islands..



this is the plan for the jebel ali palm.. their building islands in the shape of scriptures... this is crazy..

[oldtimer]

this is one of the hotels nearby which is already up.. supposedly the worlds tallest hotel... here's some pics..

[caleb]

Christ.

Yeah that place is AMAZING. Its not surprising that many people dont know about it, its probably out of most of out ranges financially.

[tastey]

Originally Posted by oldtimer

wow... that looks absolutely fantastic...

an actual satellite photo can be found here, it´s not complete there yet but my god...

it´s 56k death too though, picture is like 3000X2000
http://www.uaebs.com/UAE_DUBAI_IMG/P...ubai%20UAE.jpg

[tastey]

i read about a year ago all the houses were already sold before the sand was even completely done

this is what they´re up to next btw



indoor skiing dome in the desert

I think im gonna be a mail order bride and advertise over there....

[caleb]

Originally Posted by caleb

Christ.

Close.

Eddie Nash.

[caleb]

Originally Posted by tastey

i read about a year ago all the houses were already sold before the sand was even completely done

this is what they´re up to next btw



indoor skiing dome in the desert

I think that's alread been completed. I've seen real pictures of it.

[HAZE]

Yea, I've seen it too. Sick.

At least all that damn gas money goes somewhere.

[oldtimer]

this is the hotels website... 3500 a night.. lol not that i follow tabloids and us weekly but i heard brad and angelina already vacationed there..

http://www.burj-al-arab.com/



and this is someone's blog with more pictures that im too lazy to copy..

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...lr%3D%26sa%3DG

[brandy76]

Geez and I thought the US had all the money. We don't have any hotels like that over here

[nutcase34]

i thought this place was already done. I saw the top 10 celebrity getaways and this made #9. the hotels looked insane and the ski resort in the desert was cool. definitely want to head there at some point.

[crowina]

WwoOowW!!!

I don't think i could play tennis there though.

[SlickSlider]

It's not a regular tennis court, it was just a mock-up for a photo spread prior to a big tennis tournament held in that city a few years ago. The guy looking over the edge is Andre Aggasi or Agassi or whatever. That deck is actually a helicopter pad. If anybody ever played actual tennis games, I'd hate to be the guy who runs out to grab the stray balls, and run over the side.