Pick a spot in the US to travel to, then add the cost of a flight to Dubai. The costs of everything is relative to here, except gold. Go see the city of gold, pretty cool. And they have some great Indian food if you like that kind of stuff.

 

[QUOTE=KerryF,Feb 14 2008, 12:00 AM] Or rather, if you go to Israel, don't let them stamp your passport.

 

Here is just one.

http://www.aus.edu/

Sorbonne has a branch campus in abu dhabi, Harvard med is going to be there soon, Michigan state will be in dubai soon too...........

FYI Cornell, CMU also have branches in middle east.

Salaries they pay for faculty is much better than what a comparable American institution would pay so they can get very good people to teach in these schools.



Gaja

 

lived there for 18 years and in toronto for 8..definately not what i remember of it..going back in dec, everybody makes very valid points..they are spending the dough one every aspect to make sure it is successful for tourists..and yes it is built on poor indian workers, but that has always been the case.
keep inmind dubai is essentially tax free, which makes a huge difference.
i remember going out every weekend with my dad in the sand dunes and randomly getting lost and we would come across random camps where they would house these workers..it was sad, i am sure its a lot worse today with all the construction.
BTW: i sell property in dubai through the 2nd biggest realtor there, so i get a little insight from a realtor standpoint..if anyboydy is interested..cheaper than the sales center from the builders while being property managed..

 

Uh, sounds like New Jersey to me, so...

 

I agree all that looks really great

might run into a small problem of global warming and the rising sea levels...

 

That seems like a shot in the dark building ALL of that....but if they did I would journey there 1 time in my life to check it out

 

on both points but with towers that high I'm sure they'll manage something. Dubai looks to be a pretty thriving place (for the time being). I'd like to hear some input from members of our community living there. I know we have at least a couple from past posts on the boards.

 

Amsterdam: drugs are allowed, liable to have traces of drugs everywhere (floor, walls, counter, door knobs, benches, etc).
Dubai: 4 years in jail for drug, even traces of drug stuck to bottom of shoes.

I don't think this is a good flight connection.

 

It's the one my colleague and I took last year, along with hundreds of other people daily. They fly a 777 constantly from Amsterdam to Dubai.

*Shrug*