Alchohol purchase in Dubai airport

[mrsann]

Hi we shall be spending several hours in Dubai while travelling home from Capetown in December.Can anyone tell us please;firstly will it be possible to take a trip round Dubai while we are there ie using the tour bus for a round trip to see the main sights.Second question is will we be ble to buy duty free spirits as we leave dubai and is it worth buying them there or is it better to buy in South Africa where we know how much things cost Thanks for all your help mrsann

[vehelpfulguy]

>tour bus for a round trip to see the main sights.

In the 1950s Dubai was just a town of a few buildings. It looked like this:

http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2006/uae-du bai-1950-aerial-view.jpg

There is almost no history in the town. The oldest building there is a school that was built in the 1950s.

The only thing worth seeing nowadays is the huge building work that is going on.

Here is a picture of Dubai as it was in 1991

http://www.magicalurbanism.com/wp-images/posti mg/dubai1.jpg

This is what some of it looks like now

http://www.archidose.org/Blog/burj_dubai2.jpg

Here are the finished parts of the city

http://www.bentbay.dk/Dubai_fromTop.jpg

To be honest apart from the dramatic skyline there is not a lot to see.

[mrsann]

thanks a lot for your help.We're just trying to fill in an eight hour plus stopover while changing planes Don't fancy a holiday there!

[DONNAKEBABUK]

I would be inclined to spend it in a lovely jewellers there AND the duty free hypermarket. FAGS, BOOZE AND PERFUME GALORE.

Katie. x

[mrsann]

Thanks Katie except for the fags (never smoked) you sound like a girl after my own ehart hope to od loads of Christams shopping while I'm there as well as a pressie for me of course!