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Old September 7th, 2007, 12:10 PM posted to rec.travel.asia
Rob
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Hi

We are going to Dubai for 10 nights next September for our honeymoon (then
flying to Thailand). I've just found out that this is during Ramadan and I
was wondering how this might affect our visit? We intend to stay inside the
hotel grounds most of the time (we just want to relax - couldn't care less
about sightseeing haha).

Thanks in advance!

Robbie


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Old September 7th, 2007, 11:49 PM posted to rec.travel.asia
Donald Newcomb
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"Rob" wrote in message
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Hi

We are going to Dubai for 10 nights next September for our honeymoon (then
flying to Thailand). I've just found out that this is during Ramadan and I
was wondering how this might affect our visit? We intend to stay inside

the
hotel grounds most of the time (we just want to relax - couldn't care less
about sightseeing haha).


It's been a while since I've been in an Islamic country during Ramadan. The
short answer is that it's quite impolite (and possibly illegal) to eat,
drink, smoke or chew gum in front of a Moslem from sun up to sun down. The
hotels I've stayed in set aside a separate small dining room for non-Moslems
to eat in during the day. You might find that the hotel will not serve
drinks and food at poolside during the day.

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Donald R. Newcomb
DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net


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Old September 8th, 2007, 12:36 AM posted to rec.travel.asia
grusl
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"Donald Newcomb" wrote in message
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"Rob" wrote in message
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Hi

We are going to Dubai for 10 nights next September for our honeymoon
(then
flying to Thailand). I've just found out that this is during Ramadan and
I
was wondering how this might affect our visit?


It's been a while since I've been in an Islamic country during Ramadan.
The
short answer is that it's quite impolite (and possibly illegal) to eat,
drink, smoke or chew gum in front of a Moslem from sun up to sun down. The
hotels I've stayed in set aside a separate small dining room for
non-Moslems
to eat in during the day. You might find that the hotel will not serve
drinks and food at poolside during the day.


That's probably true about the pool. Dubai is definitely more liberal now
that it used to be, so shouldn't be too much of a problem for tourists to
get food during the day at major hotels. At the risk of repeating Donald's
response, it's possible that certain very public areas will be closed off
but if you're at a resort like Madinat Jumeirah there's plenty of discreet
alternatives. But outside the hotel, eating, drinking (even bottled water),
chewing gum and smoking is still a no-no. It affects residents more; the
liquor stores are shut for a month and Thursday was the mad stock-up day!

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore


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Old September 10th, 2007, 10:19 AM posted to rec.travel.asia
Madame Wegria
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On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:10:42 +0100, Rob wrote:

Hi

We are going to Dubai for 10 nights next September for our honeymoon (then
flying to Thailand). I've just found out that this is during Ramadan and I
was wondering how this might affect our visit? We intend to stay inside the
hotel grounds most of the time (we just want to relax - couldn't care less
about sightseeing haha).

Thanks in advance!

Robbie


Will this Ramadan also affect passengers in transit on Dubai International
Airport?

What is the exact date of Ramadan? Is it 4 weeks starting September, 13?

Kind regards.
 




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