{"id":469,"date":"2008-09-16T18:30:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T16:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vaxxi.net\/log\/?p=469"},"modified":"2008-09-30T08:20:46","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T06:20:46","slug":"dubai-duday-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaxxi.net\/log\/dubai-duday-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai, DuDay 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vaxxi.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc00372.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vaxxi.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dsc00372-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Piscina din The Palace, Old Dubai\" title=\"Piscina din The Palace \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-530\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piscina din The Palace, Old Dubai<\/figcaption><\/figure> \u015ei se \u00eempline\u015fte azi o s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 de Dubai. Deocamdat\u0103, toate bine, cu excep\u0163ia adapt\u0103rii la excesele culinare de tipul iftar-ului, despre care voi povesti imediat. Temperaturile nu mai constituie o problem\u0103 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c e adev\u0103rat c\u0103 vremea s-a mai r\u0103corit, acum diminea\u0163a la 9:30 sunt doar 35-40 de grade. Seara e mai complicat: dup\u0103 o zi \u00eentreag\u0103 de soare arz\u0103tor, aerul e fierbinte \u015fi umed, a\u015fa \u00eenc\u00e2t ochelarii \u015fi lentila de la aparatul foto se acoper\u0103 imediat cu un strat gros de condens.<\/p>\n<p>\u00cen sf\u00e2r\u015fit am \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at \u015fi drumul spre birou. Dubaiul are un sistem de drumuri uria\u015f \u015fi excelent semnalizat, dar imensitatea infrastructurii \u00eenseamn\u0103 \u015fi o curb\u0103 de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163are destul de abrupt\u0103: e destul de intimidant momentul \u00een care ie\u015firea de pe autostrad\u0103 se desface \u00een 3 rampe diferite, fiecare duc\u00e2ndu-te \u00een alt punct cardinal \u015fi \u00eensemn\u00e2nd cel pu\u0163in 15-30 de minute de ocolire. Ah, trebuie men\u0163ionat \u015fi c\u0103 deciziile trebuie luate repede, deoarece viteza medie pe aici este undeva \u00een jur de 120 km\/h. Ad\u0103uga\u0163i la asta \u015fi faptul c\u0103 drumurile sunt mereu \u00een lucru (\u015fi nu pentru c\u0103 ar repara gropi, dimpotriv\u0103: se fac extinderi, marcaje, l\u0103rgiri \u015fi rampe noi), a\u015fadar te mai treze\u015fti din c\u00e2nd \u00een c\u00e2nd c\u0103 banda ta se termin\u0103 (destul de brusc) \u015fi trebuie s\u0103 te regrupezi pe banda vecin\u0103.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>O s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 \u00eentreag\u0103 de mers cu taxiul mi-a permis s\u0103 v\u0103d diferen\u0163ele fa\u0163\u0103 de taxiurile rom\u00e2ne\u015fti. Absolut orice taximetru are \u015fofer politicos cu uniform\u0103, aer condi\u0163ionat, \u015fi un aparat cu mai multe func\u0163ii standardizat. Este un fel de PDA foarte mare, cu ecran tactil, care afi\u015feaz\u0103 \u00een principal aplica\u0163ia de taxare cu func\u0163iile sale adi\u0163ionale \u00e2\u20ac\u201c de exemplu, atunci c\u00e2nd treci o barier\u0103 de taxare, \u015foferul apas\u0103 un buton de pe interfa\u0163a aplica\u0163iei \u015fi costul barierei este ad\u0103ugat automat la costul drumului. \u00cen plus, aparatul are GPS, care este inutil pentru orientare, deoarece nu exist\u0103 h\u0103r\u0163i ale Dubaiului \u00een prezent; singura utilizare a GPS pare a fi detectarea vitezei, deoarece la peste 120 km\/h (pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 avertizarea de vitez\u0103 din bordul tuturor ma\u015finilor, despre care am scris mai devreme) o voce politicoas\u0103 se aude din interiorul aparatului: &#8220;You are speeding. Please slow down.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ah, de men\u0163ionat \u015fi c\u0103 acela\u015fi aparat se ocup\u0103 de preluarea \u015fi distribuirea comenzilor, a\u015fa \u00eenc\u00e2t taximetristul s\u0103 preia mereu cea mai apropiat\u0103 comand\u0103. Taxiurile sunt Toyota Camry \u00een propor\u0163ie de 90%, restul sunt un fel de monovolume Toyota al c\u0103ror nume nu l-am re\u0163inut. De men\u0163ionat c\u0103 niciodat\u0103 nu ni s-a refuzat o curs\u0103 cu taxiul, indiferent c\u0103 a costat 10 sau 100 de dirhami; o binevenit\u0103 schimbare fa\u0163\u0103 de laitmotivul &#8220;e prea scurt\u0103\/lung\u0103\/departe\/aproape cursa, nu merg\u00e2\u20ac\u009d al taximetri\u015ftilor bucure\u015fteni. Ah, trebuie men\u0163ionat c\u0103 aici taximetrele apar\u0163in unei singure companii, \u015fi anume RTA (Road and Traffic Authority), care este compania statului. Deci, uneori o m\u00e2n\u0103 de fier este preferabil\u0103 democra\u0163iei&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Foarte multe SUV-uri, foarte multe Lexus \u015fi Toyota. Ma\u015finile japoneze sunt predominante. Destul de multe Chevrolet Epica, dar nimic mai jos de-at\u00e2t. Singurele ma\u015fini mai mici v\u0103zute \u00eentr-o s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103: 1 Chevrolet Kalos, 1 Renault Clio Symbol, 3-4 Yaris-uri \u015fi 1 Chevrolet Spark; nu v\u0103 pute\u0163i \u00eenchipui cum arat\u0103 ma\u015finu\u0163a asta de talia Matizului \u00eenconjurat\u0103 la semafor de 2 Ford Explorer, un Land Cruiser V8 \u015fi un Chevrolet Tahoe \u00ef\u0081\u0160 despre cum s-o sim\u0163i bietul \u015fofer, probabil ca papua\u015fii \u00een fa\u0163a pistoalelor mitralier\u0103. Cele mai deprimante, cumplite \u015fi uzate ma\u015fini care circul\u0103 pe \u015foselele Dubaiului sunt autobuzele \u015fi microbuzele de transport pentru muncitorii de pe \u015fantiere, clasa social\u0103 cea mai de jos a ora\u015fului. \u00cenchipui\u0163i-v\u0103 un &#8220;Stag Bus BS-II\u00e2\u20ac\u009d produs de indienii de la Ashok Leyland (link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashokleyland.com\/subproductsdyn.jsp?CATId=1&amp;subcat_id=&amp;product_id=148\">http:\/\/www.ashokleyland.com\/subproductsdyn.jsp?CATId=1&amp;subcat_id=&amp;product_id=148<\/a> ), f\u0103r\u0103 aer condi\u0163ionat \u015fi cu toate geamurile deschise, tr\u0103g\u00e2nd din greu \u00eenc\u0103rcat fiind cu 50 de muncitori pakistanezi sau indieni al\u0103turi de un f\u00e2\u015fne\u0163 SUV lucios cu folie neagr\u0103 pe geamuri \u015fi motor V8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u015ei se \u00eempline\u015fte azi o s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 de Dubai. Deocamdat\u0103, toate bine, cu excep\u0163ia adapt\u0103rii la excesele culinare de tipul iftar-ului, despre care voi povesti imediat. Temperaturile nu mai constituie o problem\u0103 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c e adev\u0103rat c\u0103 vremea s-a mai r\u0103corit, acum diminea\u0163a la 9:30 sunt doar 35-40 de grade. Seara e mai complicat: dup\u0103 o zi<a class=\"continue-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vaxxi.net\/log\/dubai-duday-7\/\">&#8230;(Continue Reading)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[182,47],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calatorii","tag-calatorii","tag-dubai"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dubai, DuDay 7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u015ei se \u00eempline\u015fte azi o s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 de Dubai. 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