Abu Dhabi Securities Market
This is not like any other stock exchange I have ever been in! (and I have been in a few) It has a very chilled vibe about the place, not the hustle and bustle you would expect. Guys just sitting around in big comfy leather armchairs drinking coffee - and trading $4Bn a day! I think the exchange is really the only legal gambling in UAE :-)
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Red Flag Men
This is seen all over the UAE -a Red Flag Man at roadworks. He is a human warning light system - I guess because he is cheaper! So, basically he stands there all day waving (not very vigorously after anything more than 10 minutes) a red flag to warn drivers that there are roadworks, which is totally pointless because by the time you see the man you are already in the roadworks!
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Blackberry meeting
This might be why the world is in such a crisis! I saw these guys having a breakfast meeting and everyone of them was on his Blackberry. Maybe if they tried talking to each other some business might get done!
An exchange on a Friday
All the currency exchanges are busy on a Friday in the UAE as expats are queuing to send home what little money they can.
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Palm Tree?
I think not! Just managed to snap this as I drove by. A telecoms mast cunningly (not very) disguised as a palm tree.
Are you sure you have a job there, and are not just a tourist :P
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