Dubai 8th Wonder of the World

Scarecrow · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:17

That building is an animal.
I was worried going up the empire state building but the size of this just takes my breath away.

They say it has another 250-300m left.

willd58 · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:30

Scarecrow said:
That building is an animal.
I was worried going up the empire state building but the size of this just takes my breath away.

They say it has another 250-300m left.

Tbh, I think that thing is asking for trouble!

SunaseIPs · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:35

willd58 said:
Tbh, I think that thing is asking for trouble!

Does this trouble have wings?

Greenlizard0 · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:09

I know this is a year bump - but check out the underwater hotel. Awesome!

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/03/dubai/index_01.htm

neocon · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:11

looks awesome, shame the arabs are a bunch of anti semites really

cymatty · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:14

WOW

bum · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:18

They are producing island out of no where!! Magic!!!!!!1111oneoneoneelven

Vita · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:21

How do they get the cranes down from there?

paradigm · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:22

Vita said:
How do they get the cranes down from there?

I was scrolling down thinking that :/

Chinook?

SpicyDuck · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:23

Shame it's all in Arab-World, where fun is punishable by crazy prison sentences.

escape sanity · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:28

Dubai is looking awesome, I'd love to visit. If only other countries had this kind of ambition.

Vita · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:31

Dubai is an awesome place. I've been only the once but it's just so different to the lifestyle I've seen in other countries. All you see is arabs, flashy cars, arabs in flashy cars, and just gold.

It's one of those countries where you'd just go for a Holiday and come back, staying there would be a hassle as it's just too much to take in.

benjo plz. · 9 Jul 2008 at 22:17

^just don't get caught having sex on the beach

paradigm said:
I was scrolling down thinking that :/

Chinook?

I'd have thought they'd just disassemble them?

Although a Mi-26 would be handy

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gillywibble · 9 Jul 2008 at 22:39

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Am I the only one who thinks that looks extremely tacky?

No, you're not.

Stretch · 9 Jul 2008 at 22:54

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Am I the only one who thinks that looks extremely tacky?

Nope, I think it looks awful. They may as well a call it the McBeach Holiday.

escape sanity said:
Dubai is looking awesome, I'd love to visit. If only other countries had this kind of money.

Fixed

Vita said:
How do they get the cranes down from there?

Bigger crane?

inferno · 9 Jul 2008 at 23:02

Looks great for tourists but having read what many expats have said, it really isn't all that great. You have a very high chance of your family getting killed on the road and everything is biased towards the locals. But nothing beats it for some winter sun!

Wonder what it will look like in a few years time though, everyone thought the 60s/70s architecture was great back then!

Linken · 9 Jul 2008 at 23:58

Those pictures look amazing.

Skeeter · 10 Jul 2008 at 00:04

"Whats your address?"

"England, The World, Dubai."

"..."

Nitefly · 10 Jul 2008 at 00:10

Skeeter said:
"Whats your address?"

"England, The World, Dubai."

"..."

Haha

el_dazza · 10 Jul 2008 at 00:15

When completed, it will stand 1,400m tall.

That's almost a MILE :eek: