Dubai
I’ve been to Dubai once and had a great holiday with my late wife.
Would I go again?
I doubt for a holiday, as there is so little to do except lie in the sun, shop and look at a couple of museums. The highlight of the holiday was the wonderful ferries called abras, that cross the Dubai creek. Now that there is a metro, this may hasten the end for these archaic ferries.
I suppose I might stopover for a few days at the Ritz Carlton, especially as it would appear you can get there from the airport on the metro. That was a very good hotel and because it is smaller than most, it is a lot more personal. But then Ritz Carlton hotels seem to generally be worth trying.
I remember that we booked the one in Istanbul directly and when we got there, they were very sorry but didn’t have the requested room for us. Did we mind having a suite at the same price? Did we mind? Of course we did! If you want a great hotel in Istanbul, it is to be recommended, as it just by the end of a tram line, which takes you to all the sites.
So apart from the few things I’ve mentioned, Dubai is a soulless place and I do wonder if this has contributed to its troubles over the recent days.
I just like something with a bit more life and adventure.
Ignorance of Asbestos
There is an article on BBC Breakfast this morning about asbestos. There just seems to be a lot of if we don’t think about it, then it’ll be alright.
But!
Between 1968 and 1972, I worked for ICI. I seemed to remember that they had banned it then and were removing it whenever they had found it. This was some years before bans started to be introduced in the mid-1980s.
So I’m rather surprised that there is still so much of it about.
The Anonymous Widower 