Animals, birds, plants, flowers and trees of Dubai
Flowers, plants and trees The sandy desert surrounding Dubai is host to wild grasses and date palm trees. In the sabkha plains to the east of Dubai desert hyacinths grow, and acacia and ghaf trees grow in the flat plains near the Western Al Hajar Mountains. Several indigenous trees such as the date palm and [...]
Why are there so few Americans in Dubai?
You would think that Dubai would be an American’s dream, like a cross between Vegas and New York everything is bigger, grander, gaudier than anywhere else. It has McDonalds, Pizza Hut and all the usual multi-nationals to make them feel at home, yet there are only 19,000 Americans amongst the 1.2 million expat population. It’s [...]
Jumeirah beach polluted by dumped sewage
Randy British ex-pats aren’t the only thing polluting Dubai’s beaches. Despite the never ending procession of new apartment blocks and mega-structures, the tourism reliant emirate still lacks the basic facilities necessary to process the sewage it generates. As a result of rapid expansion and poor planning Dubai’s beaches have been contaminated with raw sewage, leading [...]