Skyprince presents the unseen Dubai ! - Page 2

Skyprince · November 27th, 2011, 03:53 PM

Dubai-Al-Ain Highway

in Deira Dubai

Skyprince · November 27th, 2011, 03:54 PM

near Gold Souq.. I love this traditional atmosphere !

Skyprince · November 27th, 2011, 03:55 PM

Dubai Creek

traditional Dubai near Gold/Spice Souq

Skyprince · November 27th, 2011, 04:03 PM

near Gold Souq

near Baniyas Square

Skyprince · November 27th, 2011, 04:09 PM

Oman bus station in Dubai... all buses to Muscat and Salalah ( Oman ) leave from this area

a small Shopping mall in Dubai

Skyprince · November 27th, 2011, 04:09 PM

having my dinner in an Indian restaurant... Dubai is really full of restaurants and I am amazed by the density and diversity of retaurants there ( and the whole of UAE ) !!

Skyprince · November 27th, 2011, 04:10 PM

what I ordered

Chicken Tikka Masala

Skyprince · November 27th, 2011, 04:12 PM

near Baniyas Square

Skyprince · November 27th, 2011, 04:15 PM

near Gold Souq

Dubai-Alain Highway

Skyprince · November 27th, 2011, 04:16 PM

Dubai-Alain Highway

Nightsky · November 27th, 2011, 06:32 PM

Really interesting to see these "normal" looking areas that many people are not aware of.

khosim · January 8th, 2012, 08:46 AM

Great review of the 'unseen dubai'..a great city with full of diversity i must say..seems to be cleaner than
our very own KL

0scart · January 11th, 2012, 08:50 PM

Everything looks in its place, tidy and modern. Questions that spring to mind, does it have high rates of insecurity if any? Are there poor people? homeless people?

alexander2000 · January 12th, 2012, 04:24 AM

some of the areas look like in Riyadh.
thanks though for showing them.

Linguine · January 12th, 2012, 04:47 AM

nice updates on this thread, I like indian food....

Malyan · January 12th, 2012, 09:20 AM

Interesting to see some denser and more urban areas of Dubai that are hardly ever shown. Although their architecture is spectacular, I don´t really like Dubai´s prominent skyscraper areas because of their total lacking of any streetlife and urban infrastructure, which seems like a repetition of America´s and western Europe´s terrible urban planning mistakes of the 1960s and 1970s in larger scale. I hope that Dubai one day manages to make the skyscraper areas more dense and urban too.

JoHaN 15 · January 12th, 2012, 09:32 AM

Awesome pictures!

guy4versa · January 12th, 2012, 09:52 AM

nice...looking foward to visit this city..!anyway,what is must visit attraction in dubai beside burj khalifa??

Skyprince · January 12th, 2012, 10:05 AM

Thanks all for the comments

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0scart

Everything looks in its place, tidy and modern. Questions that spring to mind, does it have high rates of insecurity if any? Are there poor people? homeless people?

Dubai is almost crime-free city, and I haven't seen any poor Emirati nationals . Emirati nationals in general enjoy much higher economic/physical living standards than anything I saw in Europe and Australia with their SUPER BIG houses, very high salary level , more choices of restaurants, hypermarkets, etc. but there are many poor migrants from South Asia and Southeast Asia, many of them living in poorly-maintained flats .

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malyan

Interesting to see some denser and more urban areas of Dubai that are hardly ever shown. Although their architecture is spectacular, I don´t really like Dubai´s prominent skyscraper areas because of their total lacking of any streetlife and urban infrastructure, which seems like a repetition or America´s and western Europe´s terrible urban planning mistakes of the 1960s and 1970s in larger scale. I hope that Dubai one day manages to make the skyscraper areas more dense and urban too.

Emm "Dubai's Skyscraper areas"- u mean Sheikh Zayed Road ? Streetlife for pedestrians is limited during daytime due to non-stop sunlight but many of Dubai's malls , hypermarkets etc are along the road .

Most of Dubai is traditional - they are extremely lively and charming. I must say that nothing in my travels can beat the old charm of Dubai .

Dubai is LAST place on earth we can ever call "Fake". I've ben to Dubai for 7 times and I kept returning mainly because I deeply love the hospitality of people in Dubai ( both Emiratis and expats ) and its wonderful traditional charm

0scart · January 13th, 2012, 08:36 PM

Skyprince, thanks for your explanation. Dubai's skyline looks from another planet.

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Skyprince Asian boi Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 7,577	Oman bus station in Dubai... all buses to Muscat and Salalah ( Oman ) leave from this area a small Shopping mall in Dubai __________________ visiting Mexico this April - really excited :)

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Skyprince Asian boi Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 7,577	what I ordered Chicken Tikka Masala __________________ visiting Mexico this April - really excited :)

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Skyprince Asian boi Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 7,577	near Baniyas Square __________________ visiting Mexico this April - really excited :)

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Skyprince Asian boi Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 7,577	near Gold Souq Dubai-Alain Highway __________________ visiting Mexico this April - really excited :)

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Nightsky Illustrator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Malmö Posts: 3,604 Likes (Received): 53	Really interesting to see these "normal" looking areas that many people are not aware of. __________________ Dark as the day, light as the night Website about my travels and buildings in USA and Europe -many cool pics: http://www.worldtravelimages.net All my diagram drawings - more than 700!: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?14670510 My latest drawings: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?14670500

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khosim -Malaysia Tanah Airku- Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 395 Likes (Received): 1	Great review of the 'unseen dubai'..a great city with full of diversity i must say..seems to be cleaner than our very own KL

January 11th, 2012, 08:50 PM	#33
0scart Salta - Argentina Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Aquí y ahora Posts: 2,125 Likes (Received): 80	Everything looks in its place, tidy and modern. Questions that spring to mind, does it have high rates of insecurity if any? Are there poor people? homeless people? __________________ ''Haber'' es un verbo, ''A ver'' es mirar, ''haver'' no existe. ''Hay'' es haber, ''Ahí'' es un lugar, ''Ay'' es una exclamación y ''ahy'' no existe. “Haya” es haber, “Halla” es encontrar, “Allá” es un lugar, ''haiga'' no existe. ''Iba'' es de ir, ''Iva'' es un impuesto, e ''Hiba'' es un nombre árabe.''Valla'' es un cartel grande, ''Vaya'' es ir y ''Baya'' es un fruto. Créditos a su autor/a.

January 12th, 2012, 04:24 AM	#34
alexander2000 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 294 Likes (Received): 22	some of the areas look like in Riyadh. thanks though for showing them.

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Malyan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,335 Likes (Received): 222	Interesting to see some denser and more urban areas of Dubai that are hardly ever shown. Although their architecture is spectacular, I don´t really like Dubai´s prominent skyscraper areas because of their total lacking of any streetlife and urban infrastructure, which seems like a repetition of America´s and western Europe´s terrible urban planning mistakes of the 1960s and 1970s in larger scale. I hope that Dubai one day manages to make the skyscraper areas more dense and urban too. Last edited by Malyan; January 12th, 2012 at 09:43 AM.

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guy4versa Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: AlorStar Posts: 2,647 Likes (Received): 415	nice...looking foward to visit this city..!anyway,what is must visit attraction in dubai beside burj khalifa??

January 13th, 2012, 08:36 PM	#40
0scart Salta - Argentina Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Aquí y ahora Posts: 2,125 Likes (Received): 80	Skyprince, thanks for your explanation. Dubai's skyline looks from another planet. __________________ ''Haber'' es un verbo, ''A ver'' es mirar, ''haver'' no existe. ''Hay'' es haber, ''Ahí'' es un lugar, ''Ay'' es una exclamación y ''ahy'' no existe. “Haya” es haber, “Halla” es encontrar, “Allá” es un lugar, ''haiga'' no existe. ''Iba'' es de ir, ''Iva'' es un impuesto, e ''Hiba'' es un nombre árabe.''Valla'' es un cartel grande, ''Vaya'' es ir y ''Baya'' es un fruto. Créditos a su autor/a.

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