DubaiDesertClassic

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Amazing pictures from the Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament where Tiger Woods was invited to take swings atop the Burj al Arab hellipad.

This seven star hotel skyscraper - rooms start at $1400 per night - is located in Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates with lots of zany development dreams. Big pockets help make big dreams real, so it is quite possible that the tallest building on earth and a world map raised from the ocean could happen. For more information-

A Short History of Dubai Property Part 1, 2

or this recent Washington Post article,
Making the Desert Boom The idea behind The World is that it will look as much like the world as possible. When finished, this collection of hundreds of man-made islands, dredged up out of the Persian Gulf off the coast of Dubai, will be shaped like the seven continents of planet Earth.