Booming dubai... Warning pics not 56k friendly

[Howie]

Interesting email i got from a mate thought i'd share here.... this is just crazy. Remember this is a city with a population smaller than adelaide.





World Fastest Growing City.
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Some US $90 BILLION (2005 est.) projects are on-going in Dubai alone!

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<br>15% of the world tower cranes are currently in Dubai.

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Battle of the Tower Cranes:

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<br>Dubai Extension Airport:

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Burj Dubai Tower - World tallest (2008):


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<br>World Biggest Ski Dome (Within Mall of Emirates):

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<br>World Largest Themepark: Dubai Land (2009)

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<br>Features Real Size Dinosaurs Roam on Earth (Jurassic Park):


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<br>Dubai Marina Project:

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<br>Jumeirah Beach Residences (40 blocks):


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<br>World Largest Palms - Jumeirah Palm, Jebel Ali Palm, , The World, Deira Palm (Hidden):

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<br>Another Palm: Deira Palm (Largest):


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<br>Jumeirah Palm (The smallest Palm):

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The World (Own an island for a price of US$ 7million/island)
To access your private island, get a helicopter or marine boat.


<br>In the making:

[AG]

Well it used to be smaller than Adelaide only a few years ago. Now it is more than double the size. The amount of development going on is endless, more than many entire countries!

[Howie]

it's population i thought was still around the 800k mark... ? but if that's the case... damn! now that's population growth.

[Al]

Impressive. So what is Dubai doing to attract all this development?

[Will]

And we were happy with 7 tower cranes.

[greenchilli]

all i can say is *bleep*