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Short answer: Yes, you will get in trouble.
And I personally don't recommend public drinking in any Arabic/Islamic country. It is even illegal in many other countries.
Long answer is that there are a lot of details to know about drinking law rules in Dubai.
By the way, Ramadan is a single month per lunar year. It was in August 2011, it will be in July ...
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Finally after almost a couple of weeks, the laptop reached LAX.
What to do is simple, and here are the steps eliminating all the places I called unnecessarily.
Call the Dubai Lost and Found department. Give them as much details of the item as possible. Having an airlines tag certainly helped.
Once they located the item, you will be given a file reference ...
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Doha
Transit Visa: Not required..
Visa On Arrival: You can have VOA if you want to go outside the airport in DOH for $30.
Airport is nice and full facilities are available (duty free, food, place to sleep...etc).
The city is nice with lots of activities. I suggest visiting The Museum of Islamic Art. Doha has many malls and modern shopping centers.
Dubai
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There are a few steps when it comes to this, and indeed I even overheard airport staff in Calgary yesterday discussing this.
If it's lost on the plane, then you speak to the airline. That's the only time it's worth contacting them.
If it's lost in the airport, you need to deal with the airport.
Now, with regards to them not answering the phone, some ...
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Laws apply when you touch the ground of a country. The only way to get around that would be to go into a foreign embassy. There is no difference how long you are there or where you stay.
On top of that, places that have a very high traffic of foreigners will alert you if possible if you are trying to do something illegal. So if there are two guys in the UAE ...
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I landed in terminal 3 and flew out of terminal 1 last year. I didn't have to leave the airside because Terminals 1 and 3 are joined.
It took me about 20 minutes to walk from the Costa stand at the far end of terminal 3 to my gate in terminal 1 which was maybe half way doen that terminal.
So assuming your inbound flight arrives on time and you can walk for ...
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As jpatokal said, Dubai is a bit of a sprawling mess, and not much of a walkable city. Depending on your budget, you'd be best served taking cabs from place to place, especially if you're only there for a day.
Having spent a day or two there myself in 2010, I'd say the following were highlights:
Visit the souk, especially the gold portion to see all the ...
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Um. You might want to start by investing in a guidebook or at least flicking through Wikitravel Dubai.
The airport and the "city" (such as it is, Dubai is hugely sprawling) are most definitely not within walking distance; however, they are connected by the Dubai Metro, which will whisk you there in a few minutes. The only bit of the city that is really ...
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Dubai is the heart of the Middle East, people from all over the world come to Dubai and in a place with this mixture of people you will not face a problem with clothes, simply because many of these tourists are coming from many places with different clothing cultures and many of them just wear whatever they wear at home! Anyway your profile says that you are ...
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It didn't stop me, I got a grilling about the contents of my passport when I traveled for business in February.
The people doing the checks were El Al staff, before departing LHR. They asked me about stamps for Egypt x2 (from the beginning of the civil unrest), Jordan, UAE, Turkey, Morocco and a trip to Lyon, France (though I suspect that was to get a ...
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The region has a very long tradition of international trade, and it's a cornerstone of the economy. Taxes and tariffs are low, so many things are indeed cheaper. Additionally, the sheer number of shopping opportunities is an attraction in itself. Dubai has one of the world's largest shopping malls (among 50 others), one of the largest duty free stores, and ...
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In general the tip to take the metro from the airport into town is a good idea, except when it is Friday. Being a Muslim country, Friday is a special day in the UAE and the metro only starts running at 1pm on Fridays.
Of course I got to Dubai on a Friday, but there should be buses right? Yes there are a bunch of them stopping in front of Terminal One. The ...
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In addition to handling the matter yourself depending on if you paid via a credit card, most of the major vendors include Lost Baggage insurance at no additional cost if you pay for your tickets with the card. I personally haven't used the protection myself as I don't fly often, but I've heard AmEx is top notch with assistance, and Visa also does a good job.
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Well let's break it down.
Like you said, you have 2.5 hours. Assuming you need to be back with 30 min to spare, and you arrive on time, that's 2 hours (120 minutes).
First - is it possible? While you can't go to Terminal 2, it's evidently "possible airside to move freely from Terminal 1 to 3 and back, without going through immigration".
On the outside, ...
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It will be hot during the middle of the day.
Here is what I would do:-
Catch an early sight-seeing bus around the city (airconditioned and with commentary). You can get off at stops around the city if you see something especially interesting.
Then go to Wild Wadi. You can put your backpack in a locker there, and have a shower after the rides before ...
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I was in Dubai a few weeks ago (not for the first time) and was (not for the first time) also baffled by how Dubai attracts so my, specifically, shoppers.
Yes, Dubai is something of a shoppers' Meccah, but not really a shoppers' paradise. Typically, the brands on sale are expensive and, at best, the price difference between there and at western outlets is ...
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If you're on a layover and not entering the country, that is, not going through immigration, you can expect that the law will not be equally enforced.
As soon as you go through immigration, expect it does, though even in practice you will find that this particular law, in the UAE, is not too strictly enforced, either for visitors or residents.
But, it can ...
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I have never traveled there but it is the most visited destination by Iranians because of short distance,easy visa and good accommodations for tourists. As an Iranian aspect there are many malls selling fake brands much more cheaper than original brands and surely Dubai is an attractive commercial center in the middle east which is unique in providing ...
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Having visited France more times than I could be bothered counting over the past few years, I've yet to find an ATM that didn't accept my MasterCard Credit Card. They may exist, but the majority of ATMs certainly do allow cash advances (whether it's a true cash advance or a withdrawal against a credit balance). You can search for Mastercard supported ATMs ...
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The answer is that it can be done, and without too much stress! There seem to only be a few places where you can get from the lower level of T3 to the transit security check, before you're allowed into the main bit of the terminal. This meant a bit of a walk, then a long queue at security. After that, you're in the middle of Concourse 2 of Terminal 3, bang ...
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If you are a tourist there are many places to drink in Dubai - I guess it depends what you mean by in public.
I have been there many times and drunk in bars, at poolside in my hotel etc - but these are areas that are quite westernised. I wouldn't expect to find an alcoholic drink in a mall or drink on the street.
Even during Ramadan, the rules in western ...
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