Once Booming Dubai Goes Bust

[OwlHoot]

I think many go there for the prostitution

Yea right, people who don't mind getting 100 lashes.

Some probably go for the camel racing though - I hear they've started using robot jockeys now instead of young kids, because some elf-n-safety busibody campaigners had them banned.

[Cyberman]

Yea right, people who don't mind getting 100 lashes.

Some probably go for the camel racing though - I hear they've started using robot jockeys now instead of young kids, because some elf-n-safety busibody campaigners had them banned.

Actually, prostitution is a boom industry there. The lashes scenario simply won't happen as Dubai is trying to 'Westernise' itself to attract investment in expensive property and tourism. The couple that were caught having sex on the beach got off relatively very lightly in the end, which certainly did not surprise me.

[swamp]

Actually, prostitution is a boom industry there. The lashes scenario simply won't happen as Dubai is trying to 'Westernise' itself to attract investment in expensive property and tourism. The couple that were caught having sex on the beach got off relatively very lightly in the end, which certainly did not surprise me.

Corporal punishment may be off the agenda, but Dubai's insane anti-drug laws are enough to put me off going:

"In one of the most extreme cases, it reported a man being held after poppy seeds from a bread roll were found on his clothes."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7234786.stm

Potential four years in prison for stepping on a bread roll at Heathrow

[BrilloPad]

Corporal punishment may be off the agenda, but Dubai's insane anti-drug laws are enough to put me off going:

"In one of the most extreme cases, it reported a man being held after poppy seeds from a bread roll were found on his clothes."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7234786.stm

Potential four years in prison for stepping on a bread roll at Heathrow

"Possession of painkillers like codeine and some cold and flu medication could result in a mandatory four-year prison sentence, Fair Trials International said."



I wonder what they make of tramadol?

[Stan.goodvibes]

I think many go there for the prostitution

Really? I thought it was for the religious freedom

[dinker]

Dubai is great if you like sweating.