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Ok Dubai is a horrible city, but its probably the best city in the area, Riyadh anyone?!? But the airport is great and if you are just in transit I thought most people would chose airline over transit point. I would much rather take a QF flight via Dubai than a BA flight via Singapore, because QF is a better airline with better service.
Anyway all this talk about the gay scene in Dubai there are gay friendly nights in Dubai and everybody knows that they are gay nights an nobody cares. Its not like the cops go around asking everyone if they are gay and if they say yes throw them in the slammer. If anything it works better I know loads of gay guys who are always allowed into hotel rooms with other men, where its against the law for a woman to be a hotel with a room with any other man except for her husband. Ive had to sneak girls into my room in Dubai because the hotel will not let a man have any female guests in his room.
In the end Dubai is rubbish if you are straight or gay so to transit is fine but if you want to stop over Asia will probably be more fun!
Never been to Dubai but it is also my understanding that you can only stay in a hotel room with a female if she is your wife. As Mrs Buzzard & I are not actually married one of us could get into trouble (most likely her). If this country wants to be draconian & not respect my culture, as I am always expected to respect other cultures, then I will avoid it as much as possible. If the UAE wants to partner with the western world then they need to lighten up. I wonder how long before we hear of a stopover passenger getting into trouble for something that we wouldn't even blink at. Heaven help you if you hold your wife's hand or kiss her goodbye in public. Or do I just hear fake horror stories?
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