There goes our spring break in Dubai

[Anonymous]

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I don't have any sympathy for non-diplomatic families, non-relatives, who go to Dubai or anywhere else in that region. These are autocratic countries, built on current, not former, slave immigrant labor, with a piss-poor record for treating women of their own nations like secondary citizens.

Slave immigrant labor? Who do you think washes your dishes, slaughters the chickens you eat, picks your avocados, and rakes your leaves? Get a grip lady. What a hypocrite!

You sound so uneducated. Dubai is true slave labor not US capitalism that takes advantage of the poor. It is well known that passports are seized once workers get to Dubai and workers are routinely beaten. Strawman arguments are for the intellectually weak.

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I don’t get Dubai. I went to Doha, Qatar for work once. Prior to the trip, I was really excited- new country, new culture, first time in Middle East…etc. While the trip was fine and I had down time to do touristy stuff, there actually wasn’t a ton to do. It wasn’t terrible, but I couldn’t see flying 14 hours to vacation there. Same with Dubai, which I imagine is similar to Doha. One place I would love to visit in the Middle East, is Oman. Know people who’ve been and it looks amazing.

[Anonymous]

You’re being too hard on OP. She just wants to take some good reels for her instagram. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get Dubai. I went to Doha, Qatar for work once. Prior to the trip, I was really excited- new country, new culture, first time in Middle East…etc. While the trip was fine and I had down time to do touristy stuff, there actually wasn’t a ton to do. It wasn’t terrible, but I couldn’t see flying 14 hours to vacation there. Same with Dubai, which I imagine is similar to Doha. One place I would love to visit in the Middle East, is Oman. Know people who’ve been and it looks amazing.

In the same way that Mexico City, Chicago, and Montreal are all similar, right? Because they're all in North America.

You're an idiot who probably also always rambles on about "Europe" because London, Berlin, and Athens are similar in the way that Singapore, Seoul and Beijing are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was booked to go end of March with family of five. No travel insurance; booked everything noncancellable. Damn.

Sucks about your vacation. Sucks more hearing dead civilians and service members, and the possibility of large scale war.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP you’ve gotten a lot of terrible comments, I’m sorry.

I liked Dubai, it’s fun to visit, and I think if the airspace is open by the end of March I would still go for spring break. They’ve already offered free hotel stays for everyone who is trapped and will do everything they can to keep tourists safe and business open. So, absent missiles flying like now, I would go. And, though you didn’t ask, would ask people with lots of travel experience and/or foreign service and/or expats and/or those that have lived there in person rather than DCUM in the future. Save you the crazy but offer you varied perspectives.

The comments are justified, because tourists don't get a pass. Tourists from all over the world have a long history of trying to be decent in their daily lives and then everything goes out of the window when they vacation. They give their hard-earned money to the worst places on earth with a smile, and try to come up with the most preposterous generalizations (like ones we saw here on this thread) as to why their pleasure comes first. It doesn't.

One of my BILs worked briefly in the Middle East. He didn't like it there. He saw rich sheikhs and businessmen import young women from Russia and set them up in luxury apartments, away from their families. When you see a middle aged man caress a pretty 18 year old in a tight minidress in a luxury hotel restaurant, it puts you off your dinner. It's Epstein to a degree that you can't imagine.

He went out for a jog and was pelted with stones by kids - he's Asian, not white.

Migrant economy: maids routinely get their passports confiscated and become slaves for the families they serve. They're lucky if they don't end up as sex slaves. They are largely uneducated and naive and often their own home countries willingly participate in the scheme and create career centers for these young women to apply to, who send them to the Middle East. It's state-sponsored human trafficking on BOTH ends.

You are defending OP because you partook yourself of the glitz, and are now in denial of what's underneath. I hope one day you can come to terms with the reality.

The only way your BIL KNOWS all of that is if he participated in it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean. What were you going to do there as a family? Buy gold bars from a vending machine and stay at a 7 star hotel?

DP, not rich, but my kids absolutely loved Dubai.

lol. “Not rich” by DCUM standards…your kids have been to Dubai. You are plenty rich.

LOL. How do you arrive at that conclusion? Or maybe, what do you consider rich?

Is every immigrant to Dubai also rich? After all, they’ve been to Dubai!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get Dubai. I went to Doha, Qatar for work once. Prior to the trip, I was really excited- new country, new culture, first time in Middle East…etc. While the trip was fine and I had down time to do touristy stuff, there actually wasn’t a ton to do. It wasn’t terrible, but I couldn’t see flying 14 hours to vacation there. Same with Dubai, which I imagine is similar to Doha. One place I would love to visit in the Middle East, is Oman. Know people who’ve been and it looks amazing.

In the same way that Mexico City, Chicago, and Montreal are all similar, right? Because they're all in North America.

You're an idiot who probably also always rambles on about "Europe" because London, Berlin, and Athens are similar in the way that Singapore, Seoul and Beijing are.

I have been to both. They are VERY similar. Dubai might be a little less conservative. Nothing wrong with either city, but I wouldn’t want to vacation there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get Dubai. I went to Doha, Qatar for work once. Prior to the trip, I was really excited- new country, new culture, first time in Middle East…etc. While the trip was fine and I had down time to do touristy stuff, there actually wasn’t a ton to do. It wasn’t terrible, but I couldn’t see flying 14 hours to vacation there. Same with Dubai, which I imagine is similar to Doha. One place I would love to visit in the Middle East, is Oman. Know people who’ve been and it looks amazing.

Wow, this is an incredibly stupid assumption.

“They’re both in the Middle East, so obviously they’re the same!”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get Dubai. I went to Doha, Qatar for work once. Prior to the trip, I was really excited- new country, new culture, first time in Middle East…etc. While the trip was fine and I had down time to do touristy stuff, there actually wasn’t a ton to do. It wasn’t terrible, but I couldn’t see flying 14 hours to vacation there. Same with Dubai, which I imagine is similar to Doha. One place I would love to visit in the Middle East, is Oman. Know people who’ve been and it looks amazing.

In the same way that Mexico City, Chicago, and Montreal are all similar, right? Because they're all in North America.

You're an idiot who probably also always rambles on about "Europe" because London, Berlin, and Athens are similar in the way that Singapore, Seoul and Beijing are.

Mexico City and Montreal are 3,000 miles from each other. Dubai and Doha are about 400 miles apart. Being only 400 miles from each other, means it’s not that far-fetched to say they are similar. Especially, when it’s a fact that they actually share similarities in geography, culture, religion, economics and more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get Dubai. I went to Doha, Qatar for work once. Prior to the trip, I was really excited- new country, new culture, first time in Middle East…etc. While the trip was fine and I had down time to do touristy stuff, there actually wasn’t a ton to do. It wasn’t terrible, but I couldn’t see flying 14 hours to vacation there. Same with Dubai, which I imagine is similar to Doha. One place I would love to visit in the Middle East, is Oman. Know people who’ve been and it looks amazing.

Wow, this is an incredibly stupid assumption.

“They’re both in the Middle East, so obviously they’re the same!”

They're both Muslim, and both Arab. That's all you need to know. Go the the DCUM forum on religion to learn about Islam and Christianity. Learn about happens to a Muslim who decides to convert to become a Christian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean. What were you going to do there as a family? Buy gold bars from a vending machine and stay at a 7 star hotel?

DP, not rich, but my kids absolutely loved Dubai.

lol. “Not rich” by DCUM standards…your kids have been to Dubai. You are plenty rich.

LOL. How do you arrive at that conclusion? Or maybe, what do you consider rich?

Is every immigrant to Dubai also rich? After all, they’ve been to Dubai!!

No, a lot of immigrants in Dubai are dirt poor. They work 16 hour days, live in squalor, have their passports confiscated and are essentially slave laborers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get Dubai. I went to Doha, Qatar for work once. Prior to the trip, I was really excited- new country, new culture, first time in Middle East…etc. While the trip was fine and I had down time to do touristy stuff, there actually wasn’t a ton to do. It wasn’t terrible, but I couldn’t see flying 14 hours to vacation there. Same with Dubai, which I imagine is similar to Doha. One place I would love to visit in the Middle East, is Oman. Know people who’ve been and it looks amazing.

In the same way that Mexico City, Chicago, and Montreal are all similar, right? Because they're all in North America.

You're an idiot who probably also always rambles on about "Europe" because London, Berlin, and Athens are similar in the way that Singapore, Seoul and Beijing are.

I have been to both. They are VERY similar. Dubai might be a little less conservative. Nothing wrong with either city, but I wouldn’t want to vacation there.

What’s similar about them? I’d love to hear an idiot’s perspective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean. What were you going to do there as a family? Buy gold bars from a vending machine and stay at a 7 star hotel?

DP, not rich, but my kids absolutely loved Dubai.

lol. “Not rich” by DCUM standards…your kids have been to Dubai. You are plenty rich.

LOL. How do you arrive at that conclusion? Or maybe, what do you consider rich?

Is every immigrant to Dubai also rich? After all, they’ve been to Dubai!!

No, a lot of immigrants in Dubai are dirt poor. They work 16 hour days, live in squalor, have their passports confiscated and are essentially slave laborers.

But they’ve BEEN TO DUBAI. That means they’re rich, according to PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get Dubai. I went to Doha, Qatar for work once. Prior to the trip, I was really excited- new country, new culture, first time in Middle East…etc. While the trip was fine and I had down time to do touristy stuff, there actually wasn’t a ton to do. It wasn’t terrible, but I couldn’t see flying 14 hours to vacation there. Same with Dubai, which I imagine is similar to Doha. One place I would love to visit in the Middle East, is Oman. Know people who’ve been and it looks amazing.

In the same way that Mexico City, Chicago, and Montreal are all similar, right? Because they're all in North America.

You're an idiot who probably also always rambles on about "Europe" because London, Berlin, and Athens are similar in the way that Singapore, Seoul and Beijing are.

Mexico City and Montreal are 3,000 miles from each other. Dubai and Doha are about 400 miles apart. Being only 400 miles from each other, means it’s not that far-fetched to say they are similar. Especially, when it’s a fact that they actually share similarities in geography, culture, religion, economics and more.

Like New York City and Albany?