Ted's Excellent Pictures Taken In Dubai U.A.E.
March 2015

Burj Khalifa on a rare cloudy day
There is a Tim Horton's coffee shop next to the big screen (OMG!)

Burj Khalifa, Burj al Arab hotel, Jumeirah Beach hotel

Burj al Arab hotel
(Pictures taken from the Dubai Marina ferry)

Lifestyles of the rich and/or famous


Manhattan? Miami Beach? Hong Kong? Vancouver?
No, these are residences at Jumeirah Beach, Dubai Marina
"The world's largest single-phase housing complex, with 36 towers built simultaneously"

More residences, as seen from the Marina Promenade, Dubai Marina

Canadians in Dubai don't get homesick because they have Tim's ...

... Second Cup ...

... snow, skiing, skating rinks, ice hockey ...

... Bublé ...

... and the other guy

Shop til you drop

Yep, that's a gold bar vending machine.

Speaking of gold, here's a typical shop in the Gold Souk

Shop today!
They don't call it Do Buy for nothing!!

Life's good

You can't make 'em fast enough for Dubai

If you look really hard, you might find something in Dubai that's not shiny and new


When in Dubai, do as the foreign temporary workers do:
take the 30¢ abra water taxi across from Deira to Al Ghubaiba

The weekend starts Thursday afternoon, so TGIF becomes TGIT?

If you have to ask how much it costs for a suite (that's suite, not seat) on the upper deck, you can't afford it







Home away from home



I used to be able to afford one of these...

...but I couldn't afford a low-number license plate to go with it
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