Air Conditioned Bus Stop

Posted by Alex in Car & Vehicle, Travel & Places on August 17, 2008 at 2:28 am


That, my friend, is an air-conditioned bus stop (presumably near Burj Al Arab hotel, where one night stay costs about US$ 1,000). Must be nice to be rich! (though why would they take the bus, then?)

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15 comments to "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!

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  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.”


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