Photos: The Madness Of Dubai

On June 26, 2014 by Tim Newman

Dubai Madness - caucasian cuisine

These pictures from Dubai are amazing. The place is pretty nuts by all accounts. Anywhere there’s loads of cash and a deeply religious heritage is bound to be a little edgy.

Gold everywhere, top-notch expensive hotels, huge pools, ground breaking architecture, loads of sports cars, pet lions, bikinis and burkas; and of course international cuisine (see above).

Take a look at the following snapshots and decide whether or not you would like to pay the place a visit.

Cop car clamped?:

Dubai Madness - cops bust themselves

A Dubai special. The culture clash:

Dubai Madness - culture clash

Free food for the poor? Nice:

Dubai Madness - free food

Dude:

Dubai Madness - horse bike

Lamborghini police cars. I guess in a nation where everyone has a sports car you need to be able to keep up in a chase.

Dubai Madness - Lamborghini  police car

Wow. That’s something I haven’t seen before lion vs shark:

Dubai Madness - lion eating shark

Newspaper ads in Dubai are somewhat different to ours too:

Dubai Madness - mad groom ad

Excellent advice:

Dubai Madness - mad marriage counselling

Something else you don’t see everyday:

Dubai Madness - odd

Camel parking:

Dubai Madness - parked camel

Dubai boasts the most ornate Starbucks in the Universe:

Dubai Madness - Starbucks

100% natural and hugely effective car alarm:

Dubai Madness - Strange Pets car alarm

Yup, he’s riding a lion folks:

Dubai Madness - Strange Pets lion

Odd looking dog:

Dubai Madness - Strange Pets tiger

Even this cheetah couldn’t outrun the sports car he’s in:

Dubai Madness - Strange Pets

INSIDE AN EXOTIC CAT BREEDERS HOME

ART IMPROVED BY CATS

THE LITHE AND BEAUTIFUL SERVAL CAT

THE STRANGE PALLA’S CAT

How to avoid traffic jams…

Dubai Madness - super car traffic jam solution

… but what impressive traffic jams Dubai has:

Dubai Madness - super car traffic jam

Although, having said that, the arse seems to be rapidly falling out of their economy. It is not uncommon to see sports cars abandoned near airports. Foreign nationals who have realised they aren’t going to be able to pay off massive debts have just cut their losses and jumped on a plane out of there:

Dubai - Abandoned Luxury Cars 1 Dubai - Abandoned Luxury Cars 2 Dubai - Abandoned Luxury Cars 3 Dubai - Abandoned Luxury Cars 4 Dubai - Abandoned Luxury Cars 5

I reckon I would like to visit, but I defo wouldn’t want to stay.

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