Trains planes & mainly automobiles
The only means of transport around the city are buses, taxis or of course your own car. It's perfectly ok to say “what, travel by bus?” without sounding like a snob, as most of the clientele using this means of transportation evokes the appearance of live cattle all crammed in with legs and arms dangling out the windows.
Driving in London one tends to drive a manual car; in Dubai the majority drive automatics. With this, you kinda adopt a new stance whilst driving. You now only need one foot thanks to elimination of the clutch; so you have a spare foot...what do you do with it? Put it on the dashboard of course...dah! Yes I have had the pleasure of witnessing people driving like this - mainly the locals or Asian sub continent origin.
You also have the convenience of only needing one hand as you no longer need to change gears. Depending on which car you drive, you might have an arm rest, so you can lean to one side whilst keeping the other hand firmly on the wheel at the 12 o'clock position. I think this posture must cause some muscles to realign resulting in one eyebrow permanently raised - this stance tends to be adopted by guys mainly.
Decorating cars is a popular phenomenon in Dubai – who’d have thunk it with all the flashmobiles driving around the city?
The locals tend to favour having photos of their rulers on the rear window, all smiling and looking rather pleasant – it’s quite endearing! Can you imagine having a big photo of Blair or Bush on the back window…or anyone for that matter? Another popular choice is the gold flowery tissue box strategically placed on the dashboard, it’s actually quite nauseating! What else do we have?… oh, we have carpets on the dashboard… don’t ask!! Actually I did ask once and apparently it keeps the dashboard cooler. I have also seen a mammoth sized bunch of grapes hanging from the rearview mirror, now I am not sure whether or not they are real, but I swear on my sunglasses that I once saw someone picking a grape and eating it.
Be aware of cars with fully tinted windows, as most of them are the locals, therefore drive like no one else is on the road and as though they are in desperate need to reach home to relieve themselves. Also, taxi drivers – forgive my colourful language, but %^$&#(&%^# to all of them!!! Firstly, it’s not really their fault, but most of them have no idea where they are going, only seem to conveniently know the scenic routes and never have change. Not only that, they smoke in the taxi, speak on their mobiles whilst driving and spit out the windows at traffic lights! They also have a rather annoying habit of pulling out of side roads onto the main road when you are only 1 or 2 metres away from them – now either they are all short sighted, or just plain stupid!
Answers on a postcard to the usual address!
Driving in London one tends to drive a manual car; in Dubai the majority drive automatics. With this, you kinda adopt a new stance whilst driving. You now only need one foot thanks to elimination of the clutch; so you have a spare foot...what do you do with it? Put it on the dashboard of course...dah! Yes I have had the pleasure of witnessing people driving like this - mainly the locals or Asian sub continent origin.
You also have the convenience of only needing one hand as you no longer need to change gears. Depending on which car you drive, you might have an arm rest, so you can lean to one side whilst keeping the other hand firmly on the wheel at the 12 o'clock position. I think this posture must cause some muscles to realign resulting in one eyebrow permanently raised - this stance tends to be adopted by guys mainly.
Decorating cars is a popular phenomenon in Dubai – who’d have thunk it with all the flashmobiles driving around the city?
The locals tend to favour having photos of their rulers on the rear window, all smiling and looking rather pleasant – it’s quite endearing! Can you imagine having a big photo of Blair or Bush on the back window…or anyone for that matter? Another popular choice is the gold flowery tissue box strategically placed on the dashboard, it’s actually quite nauseating! What else do we have?… oh, we have carpets on the dashboard… don’t ask!! Actually I did ask once and apparently it keeps the dashboard cooler. I have also seen a mammoth sized bunch of grapes hanging from the rearview mirror, now I am not sure whether or not they are real, but I swear on my sunglasses that I once saw someone picking a grape and eating it.
Be aware of cars with fully tinted windows, as most of them are the locals, therefore drive like no one else is on the road and as though they are in desperate need to reach home to relieve themselves. Also, taxi drivers – forgive my colourful language, but %^$&#(&%^# to all of them!!! Firstly, it’s not really their fault, but most of them have no idea where they are going, only seem to conveniently know the scenic routes and never have change. Not only that, they smoke in the taxi, speak on their mobiles whilst driving and spit out the windows at traffic lights! They also have a rather annoying habit of pulling out of side roads onto the main road when you are only 1 or 2 metres away from them – now either they are all short sighted, or just plain stupid!
Answers on a postcard to the usual address!
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