Air Conditioned Bus Stop

1. Peter
   August 17th, 2008 at 4:20 am

   Are you sure its a bus stop? Im not sure about laws but Ive seen booths like that in different countries that are smoking areas.

2. Eple
   August 17th, 2008 at 6:28 am

   And it's probably an advertisement for Burj Al Arab, not necessary an indication that it's a bus stop close to Burj Al Arab

3. h
   August 17th, 2008 at 6:33 am

   I live in Dubai where the bus stops have been launched and it's true - they are fitted with AC so people can escape the 45 degree heat.

   However, this photo is clearly posed - UAE nationals (in the dish-dashes) would never take the bus.

4. Miss Cellania
   August 17th, 2008 at 6:38 am

   h, I was going to suggest maybe they are waiting to be picked up by their limos, but what you say makes sense. Maybe it's an ad. The bus stop is air-conditioned so the limo drivers, cooks, and maids don't melt coming and going to work.

5. Alan G
   August 17th, 2008 at 6:52 am

   "h" is spot on.

6. ted
   August 17th, 2008 at 9:34 am

   dish-dash?

   When you're rich, if you have to wait to be picked up by your limo, your chauffeur's gonna be looking for work.

7. Tim Giachetti
   August 17th, 2008 at 11:04 am

   We seriously need those in Florida.

8. just a guy
   August 17th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

   Once we can get them to purshase some product that is rediculously marked up, on a mass scale, then perhaps we can have those too.

9. Anon
   August 17th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

   They're wayyy too rich lol

10. max
    August 17th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    A night at the Burj is more expensive try around $2000

11. Alex
    August 17th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    @max - I actually looked it up. Their published rate is 2,000 USD a night, but you get a "best rate discount" on the spot of $1,000.

12. MAZ
    August 18th, 2008 at 7:43 am

    Its actually around 7,500 to 15,000 (some suites have 2 floors)and it costs 60 euros to just go in and have a look!!!

13. DavidE
    August 18th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Seems pretty extravagant just for a bus stop but when you can build your own ski resort in the middle of the desert then why not!

    Thanks so much for the look see at our blog! It made my day this morning to see TMSIDK on here! Woo Hoo!

14. hal
    August 20th, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    while h is almost right on the mark when he said UAE nationals don't get one the bus, very few are actually as rich as you guys make us sound.

    in any case, those air conditioned bus stops use solar energy to generate some (if not all) of the power required by the ACs

15. Galinda
    August 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 am

    Aggghhh. It irritates me to NO END when people imply that "only poor people ride the bus."

16. GardeniaSLP
    November 27th, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    Actually, they are bus stops. I was in one and they come in handy during the dog hot days of fall in Dubai. The fact that the leader of a country has money is not an indication that commoners are wealthy. There are many low income individuals who catch the bus in the dead heat of the work day. I was pleased to see how clean the bus stops are, unlike the ones available to individuals in Washington DC. I applaud the UAE adn Dubai for taking care of it's people.

17. SRiK
    January 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    Well, we in Bengaluru [Bangalore], India also have an air-conditioned bus stop, the first in India...

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