Dubai has a message for those who don't believe that bigger is better.

i watched some show on how they built this, the amount of stone that was brought in and the cement pillars used to keep this buiding in place is nuts.

kind cool though how its build on its own little island though.

theres also cement blocks with openings to take on water and drain it back into the the ocean.

:lol: Way to explain it down on NYSpeed level. :stuck_out_tongue:

I see what you did there.

fixed…

i was expecting more credit for the 'towel-head twist" line too.

I stayed in that big sail hotel. I paid $97 american for brunch consisting of fresh fruit and yogurt. I felt so baller.

They have a helo pad on the top to take you to the airport…

Rich people are so much better than poor people :frowning:

try 50%

edit: i just googled it and found 24…whichis still a lot but i swear bing or someone told me 50…which is TWICE as impressive as 24

Zong let you borrow his abacus for that math?

yea but i double checked on my calc watch, and i think it was 2 or so % off

Rookie abacus mistake. It takes year of practice…

Going to school to learn the abacus.
Playing abacus at recess.
After school abacus practice.
Doing your abacus homework.
Being good at night so your dad lets you play abacus computer games.
Nightly tiny-jdm-hand dexterity exercises.

It’s a long arduous road.

I’m pretty sure it is the only 7-star hotel.My buddy went there with his family and I forgot what the bill came to.He had a bunch of pics too.I’ll try and see if he can send them to me.

You are correct, its a self proclaimed 7-star hotel.

Yeah, thats awesome. Dubai can self proclaim whatever it wants apparently.

yea dubai is not cheap… our ceo and cfo were over there for a month doing fund raising and they were “living as cheap as possible” and their monthly expense report was something like 45K

when you have that much money per capita, fuck yea.

the citizenry gets paid NOT to work… like $55k or something to not be garbage men, butchers and plumbers… it’s wicked.

Varun, who some people here have bought engines from, is a good buddy of mine from Dubai… he tells me half this shit.

20 year old kids dieing after street racing in Carrera GT’s

There are entire highways built in the middle of the desert with all kinds of twists and turns for kilometers at a time just so the rich dudes have a place to do some exciting hi-speed driving off the race track.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7028/uaejebelhafitroadmy4.jpg

hmm… cant find much on it… i’ll keep looking

ok found it…

Jebel Hafeet mountain road

http://www.autocult.com.au/img/gallery/full/nickop203.jpg

http://www.gulfnews.com/images/08/05/17/tb_0517_uaeparks_aa_5.gif

:spunk:

anyone want to room with me over there?

lets fine a nice appt.
I’m downnn

zoom zoom zoom…looks like a mazda commercial