let’s get real and take a look inside abu dhabi .. all what you need to do is go for a walk “inside” abu dhabi .. forget the beautiful corniche and the amazing parks and go for a walk in the streets of abu dhabi like: hamdan street, electra st., al najda st., el moroor st., …… any street, it doesn’t matter which one you will choose, they are all the same …
well, this is what you will usually see:
so forget about all what you heard about how calm is abu dhabi, this is abu dhabi, most of the time…
if you walk for just half an hour, this is what you will face:
- people don’t know how to walk! seriously, while you are walking it’s normal to find someone pushing you, or just stop suddenly without leaving a space for the rest to keep moving, or or or….
- all what you will hear and see is people spitting! i am serious .. and i can bet, in just half an hour walk you can count more than 100 spit, and if you didn’t give attention while you are walking, you will be so lucky if you don’t get one on you, or at least having hundreds of them on the bottom of your shoes!
disgusting.
- after your walk, just try to get a taxi ..
first it’s so difficult to find one
second, try to be a nice, civilized, respectful person and stand in a lane waiting for your turn to get a taxi, just try, and i can assure you that you will stand there for hours without getting a taxi.
well, that’s enough .. won’t say anymore, you should experiment the streets of abu dhabi yourself!
good luck!

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mike // December 28, 2008 at 7:34 am
That looks like NYC. A lot of traffic there.