10 things I've learned since arriving in Dubai:
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐.
Friday's are their quietest day of the week in terms of traffic.
๐ฎ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ.
It is a free for all on the roads. I wouldn't want to be a pedestrian in this city, you are yielding to the cars, not the other way around. Many of their traffic lights can have you sitting up to a solid 10 minutes at a red. If you don't like traffic this is not the place for you.
๐ฏ. ๐๐'๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป.
It's so large and it gets incredibly hot and from what I've been told unbearably hot to walk anywhere in the summer months, thankfully there is AC everywhere you go.
๐ฐ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ.
From what I've seen and have been told just about anywhere in the city. Parking meters, parking patrols, you rarely see them. Calgary could take a big hint here. It's not always about the money.
๐ฑ. ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
I'd imagine the very strict gun laws here play a big part. Very rarely do you see people litter or garbage disposed of in public places.
๐ฒ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐.
In this city of 5 million, people are just so nice and polite. Everyone has a story to tell. The level of service here is something I haven't seen in awhile.
๐ณ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ.
Just so good and very diverse. I've tried other ethnic foods that are better here than in their home country.
๐ด. ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
It has shades of technology that you would see in Japan.
๐ต. ๐๐'๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
From what I've seen thus far, the people are happy. I do believe that the citizens here live life with low stress levels.
๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐.
I am still trying to get into the some of the high skyscrapers but so far no luck without a big fee being charged for pictures. Oh well, no biggie to me, I am not a landscape photographer.
On a side note, I've had a few people try to convince me to move here permanently. Is this somewhere I would live permanently? Time will tell.