A Fascinating Look At Dubai‏

What a difference in 17 years. Just shows what a little oil money can do.

Dubai in 1990

The same street in 2003

Last year

The Palm Islands in Dubai . New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man
made islands. They are the largest artificia l islands in the world and can be seen from space.
Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all.

The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai . The worlds tallest hotel. Considered the only
'7 star' hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world. It stands on an artificial
island in the sea.

This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009. More than 140 stories of the Burj
Dubai have already been completed. It is already the worlds tallest man made structure and it
is still not scheduled to be completed for at least another year.

Some of the tallest buildings in the world, such as Ocean Heights and The Princess Tower , which will be the largest residential building in the world at over a 100 stories,

will line the Dubai Marina .
The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport in the world if construction ever gets under way. I'm not joking...

Some other crazy . The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the largest fully
automated rail system in the world. The Dubai World Central International Airport will become
the largest airport in size when it is completed. It will also eventually become the busiest airport
in the world, based on passenger volume. There are more construction workers in Dubai than
there are actual citizens.