Underwater hotel Dubai

[HysteryDiagnosis]

Interesting note in the article about fellow countrymen


Hydropolis Underwater Hotel - Dubai UAE




It is one of the largest contemporary construction projects in the world, covering an area of 260 hectares.”Hydropolis is not a project; it’s a passion,” enthuses Joachim Hauser, the developer and designer of the hotel. His futuristic vision is about to take shape 20m below the surface of the Arabian Gulf, just off the Jumeirah Beach coastline in Dubai. The £300 million, 220-suite hotel is due to open at the end of 2007 and will incorporate a host of innovations that will take it far beyond the original blueprint for an underwater complex worthy of Jules Verne.

I have to admit that Dubai is the future, and if only all the arab nation could simply invest their money in science and technology instead of weapons, I believe in no time they’ll be as advance as Taiwan or maybe Malaysia or India. Japan, Aussie and others are way off pitch, well, you may have the money to buy foreign technology and expertise but you can’t buy your own countryman mentality and change it in a day or two.

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[Clear Blue Sky]

1. Amazing what $4/gal gas can buy...

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. There you go.... raining on my hotel, well it won't hurt it. I hear ya,

it's highly doubtful that you or I will be staying at that hut even though we are helping fund it.

[jwirr]

2. Dubai seems to becoming the worlds newest gated community for

the rich. Cheney will no doubt move there sometime before January 09. Want to bet there will be not extradition laws.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. Give that poster a cigar. Excellent point!! n/t

[itsrobert]

3. It's 2008

So did it open in 2007? Why is it shaped like a giant Penis?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. Partially funded by our friends at Cialis?? n/t

[CabalPowered]

6. Is this the udnerwater hotel begin manufactured in Portland?

Or is that a different one?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. Doooooo Baiiiiii, stay off the doooo beeeez. Sorry bout that. n/t

[Lint Head]

9. All it will take is one terrorist attack on this monstrosity to bring the

entire idea of an ocean theme park to a halt. Also, this Dubai fantasy will be under water unless they build a levee' to stop the sea from rising. :dem:

[tanyev]

11. I'm surprised they haven't had a terrorist attack yet.

Maybe they're waiting until everything is done.

[alfredo]

16. I could be that the terrorist's money is laundered through Dubai.

[NashVegas]

10. Great. Giant Dildo.

Is this a mens' only hotel?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

13. A place for aliens to "dock" their craft?? I'm just sayin'. nt

[NashVegas]

14. or whales to play ring toss

[HysteryDiagnosis]

20. That gets the prize.... now I can take a nap.

[Beregond2]

12. Ugh

Only desert dwellers could come-up with such an idea. Being from Washington, I've had enough of water...

[KharmaTrain]

15. This Place Is A 7-Star!!!

Most of us would be lucky to afford a good 3-star, this puppy charges room rates of $1,000 a night...and that's just for basic. Dubai is trying to build for a future without oil and using tourism as its new opiate. If someone can afford it, so be it.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

22. Many of us could afford to beg there. Criminy jeez. n/t

[zonkers]

17. If you look real close you can see the parking valet in front in goggles and a dive suit.

[DCKit]

18. Phallic much? n/t

[whistle]

21. Has anyone calculated the cost of underwater maintenance? What about

...the risks of caisson disease during and after construction?

<see> http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/BUN_CAL/CAISSON_DISEASE.html

[HysteryDiagnosis]

25. I would bet it will be held at atmospheric pressure. Just a guess.

[edhopper]

19. No doubt

built by foreign laborers living in squalid conditions working for slave wages.

[GreenPartyVoter]

23. No doubt

[entanglement]

27. See my reply below. Dubai's workers are furious with the sheiks and the European slave-drivers

and they're fighting back!

[NoodleyAppendage]

24. I wouldn't expect anything less phallic from a paternalistic and mysogynistic society.

It looks like a neoprene dick cover.

Design aside, this will become the biggest terrorist target. A well placed charge and implosion city with maximum casualties.

J

[Skittles]

33. you know it, Noodley

it's the kind of crap men love to build

[entanglement]

26. Well-to-do Europeans love Dubai (not the diverse people who live there, of course, just the facade

of an 'oasis in the desert'). They do plenty of dirty work for the sheiks / bosses. They're the ones in all kinds of managerial and supervisory roles, helping to exploit poor workers from impoverished countries or turning a blind eye to it. Sure the sheikhs are ultimately responsible (and get a healthy share of the blame), but this European slave-driver class is a major beneficiary and usually escapes blame, doing things that they would never dare to do back in Europe.

Also remember these fancy resorts are built with rich Europeans in mind.

They can only push workers so much; the sheikhs and their European partners in exploitation got a rude jolt when large numbers of workers revolted spontaneously against atrocious pay and working conditions.

[JCMach1]

31. There is good, bad, and ugly here... and hypocrisy too

And yes, the lowest level of workers here are treated like shite (name a place they aren't these days). Having said that it's still a good bit better than the slums of Mubai, Shanghai, and Nepal where most of the construction workers are coming from these days.

That still doesn't mean it doesn't suck making less than $200 each month (but try living on less than $1 a day... that's the situation most workers are coming from).

The UAE is a truly multi-cultural country where English is the lingua-franca because it's the only language EVERYONE has in common.


The OP is somewhat right. Most of these mega-projects are contracted out at multiple-levels and that's where the worst exploitation takes place. And, it's not just European firms. We have Korean, Japanese, American, and Chinese contractors who are just as bad.

UAE labor laws are actually pretty good... The problem comes because things are growing so quickly the regulatory agencies cannot keep-up.

[Mister Ed]

28. Thanks to global warming, all the hotels in Dubai will eventually be under water.

:evilgrin:

[MilesColtrane]

29. I had always thought that Rapture from "BioShock" would be built in U.S. waters.

Which rooms convey more status?

Rooms in the shaft or the balls?

[ConsAreLiars]

30. Amazing, isn't it, how the uber-class entertain themselves with pure tasteless spending?

Those murderous bastards deserve to drown or be guillotined. I'll let them chose.

[JCMach1]

32. I assume you mean the wealthy...

by the way, the famous Burj al Arab has mainly become a haunt for Russian mafia types and the occasional Hollywood/Celebrity visitor (that's the main customers). This new hotel will be much the same.


Please note, the skyline pic is completely out of date (2003).

[ConsAreLiars]

34. You're right.

The top dogs don't even bother with such Disneyland tours. This is for those who just have more money than morals.

[JCMach1]

35. Here is an interesting if 'over the top' synopsis of modern Dubai

http://www.spaceandculture.org/2006/10/26/dubai-city-as-chimera/

Despite all the BS, it is a hell of an interesting place to live and work. Plus, it pays very well. :)

[ConsAreLiars]

36. For those who wonder, "What is Dubai?" that article is a great answer.

It must be a thoroughly enlightening, appalling, lucrative, and mind-altering experience to be able to be in a privileged position and able to see both the unimaginably super-rich at play and the imported slave caste and whatever might remain of the indigenous society all in such a small area.

I hope you use your skills at photography and writing to keep documenting what you see and learn. Somehow, it looks like a microcosm view of the world we are all becoming subject to.

[JCMach1]

37. Except I do the most I can to disrupt the status quo

I have taught a number of future leaders of the country. In reality, not just metaphor... I have also given progressive books to the President of the country (at his request).

Things are not always what they seem on the surface...



Just some of my pics: http://cumbus2002.org/photography/category/jerald-cumbus/dubai/

[ConsAreLiars]

40. I'd advise everyone to see those pics.

The site is maybe a bit obscure to navigate, but hit the "Jerald Cumbus" link to get started. A sense of decency and right vs. wrong is present in every society. I hope your conversations help promote a better world.

[Guaranteed]

39. Yeah, but did you ever see Jaws III? nt

[and-justice-for-all]

38. crescent-hydropolis.com

http://www.crescent-hydropolis.com/