Welcome to rascott.com.
This is a personal site that reflects my interests in news, current affairs, aviation and travel.
email me at robert@rascott.com
Photo Albums
My
photographs have been moved off this site and are now stored on Picasa. They
were simply taking up too much space on my web host.
Please use this link to see my list of photo albums.
Some
Useful links:
Information:
Met Office Volcano watch
World Time Clock
Exchange Rates
Journalism:
Nationsonline.org
Project Syndicate
Amnesty International
Reporters w/o borders
The Guardian - UK
BBC World News
CNN Asia
Bangkok Post
Daylife.com - news
Gulf News
Arabian Business
Good causes:
Sister
Joan - Bangkok
Regional Info:
BKK Magazine
HK Magazine
In
Singapore Magazine
TimeOut Dubai
Travel:
Circle of Asia
Tales of Asia
Smart Travel Asia
Finance:
FinanceAsia
Aviation:
Amadeus (airline
schedules)
Airliners
- aviation forum
Thailand Info
thailand.com
learningthai.com
sawadee.com
bangkok a-z
Back in the UK:
Newton Ferrers
Government:
The
"new" White House
Photography
Denis Olivier - black and white
And for fun:
Lin Ping live panda tv
EarthCam
The opinions expressed on these pages are entirely personal unless they are credited; you may not agree with all, or anything, that I write. So please use the feedback page to respond, comment or berate me.
Dubai in days gone by
11 March 2010
Dubai Creek in 1960’s:
Souks of Deira in 1960’s.
Dubai Jumeirah/Satwa in 1960’s.
In 1969, Dubai exported oil for the first time. However, oil in Dubai is not abundant like in his neighbor state Abu Dhabi that is one of the world’s largest producers of oil in the world.
Dubai’s first airport in mid-sixties.
In 1971, Dubai inaugurated a new airport in the same year of formation of the United Arab Emirates.
Daily life at Dubai Creek in 1980’s.
Sheikh Zayed Road in the 1990’s.
Millennium Tower, Business Bay and Burj Dubai.
This area represents the beginning of a new downtown for Dubai. I have to declare an interest and a bias. Tai is living in Millennium Tower and we are buying an apartment in Block B of the Executive Towers complex are Business Bay. Tower B is the closest to Millennium.
Every three months or so I will try to provide a new set of pictures so that you can see the change in this area from near wasteland with a few completed towers to a bold new downtown.
November 2007
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January 2007
Millennium Tower, Executive Towers at Business Bay
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Executive Towers Business Bay
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The building in the left hand picture is Tower B. Count up to the 34th floor ! It is also the left hand building in picture 2 and the closest building in pictures 3 and 4.
Burj Dubai and Emirates Towers
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