I realized yesterday via a blog post on April’s Site, that I missed to post quite a few pictures from Dubai.
I guess Life got in the way

Now, here are some shots from that huge Mall with that big Ski Dome.
Insanity rules a bit over there, if you ask me

(Picture quality sucks a tad, they are shot with my Casio. And that Babe doesn’t like low light too much)

Here’s the view from the Highway on that huge thing they call a ski slope. And the signs to the right point you in all kinds of directions to more fancy attractions.

The mall from the Inside

The Ski Slope from the outside - HUGE!

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Dubai, 14 April (AKI) - Thousands of websites in the United Arab Emirates were blocked on Monday, according to an email statement sent by DU, one of the country’s major Internet service providers, to all its users.

The list of websites that have been blocked does not only include anti-Islam sites or those that are deemed morally inappropriate, but also various information sites such as the Arab Times.

Full article on AKI

A well-known Saudi blogger, Fuad Ahmed al Foran, was jailed last December for criticising the government in Riyadh in his blog and a Bahraini blogger and human rights activist, Abdullah Mohsen, was also recently arrested.

What is going on?
There’s a long article in todays Arab Times about this as well.