Dubai - Tower of Babel - U.A.E

[yehgiddaymate]

one massive tsunami and its all gone! oh what a shame,thats what happens when you worship money.

[Rebestein]

Money and taste aren't always mutually inclusive *lol*

[MrFriday1381]

Keep filling up your gas tank, they dont have enough money yet!

[scheming8rythem]

go to hell all of you fucking corrupt motherfuckers, the plain people aregoing to survive the shit that is coming mwahahahahahaha

you cant eat money motherfuckers

[kaderoder]

It cost's $100 just to stand in the fucken foyer?

Talk about sheik'n the money tree.

[yunstarr502]

my ex girlfriend says these folks are funky she works in dubai doing some ish

[gasb911]

no taste

[Auscann]

7 stars does not equal garish tackiness. They lose a few stars for that no matter how much gold leaf they use.

[realistromeo]

Shure these are impressive, but i think it is only a small taste of what ancient babylon or assyria/persia was. but that aquarium and those rooftop views plus that pool are amazing.

Those workers probably get paid good wages but probably have little rights and no retirement package (lol sent back home in 20 years if they are lucky to work there that long so that they are not a burden on the rich arabs..(crafty)

[unleasheth]

im not making any claims here but this place has lots of similarities with the babylon talked about from the Bible

[STONEISLAND38]

SHAME ON THESE FAKE MILK SHEIKHS FOR DILUTING THE MESSAGE OF ISLAM AND GOING AGAINST THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM

UAE DUBAI IS HEADING FOR DISTRUCTION

[EndureTemptation]

there is one thing this tower has use for

it's a good shelter from swelling sun

and that's gonna work even when they run out of oil to generate electricity for air conditioning

[KrypticGuy666]

Blow it up.

[baharoth8]

meh, that aint much..i got one all to myself...it even has a fountain future, every 3 to 4 hours water will come out :D

[JuStAnAsIaNboY]

Wait!! u need to pay $100 to enter if ur a non-paying guest?......o-0 WTF

[Valen630]

Just the water in there is 300 €uros.....

[hannahskm]

... Thanks to Journeyman Pictures I'm glad I won't be paying 100 bucks to enter the foyer to take tacky pictures of the tacky interior

[histube17]

No oil, No Dubai...

[DragonLord7667]

@histube17 no oil no world

[Urabus08]

@DragonLord7667

Buuuuullshit.. we can harness all the energy our modern world will ever need for FREE. that also includes, trransportation. anti gravitational travel and so forth...

[DragonLord7667]

@Urabus08 and where do we get the energy?

[romandawg5]

@histube17 actually the reason they started building all that stuff is because they have no oil.

[tarzan6072]

how much is a room for one night?

[andywattbolb]

Jeff Koons's wet dream

[Gen2pAc]

"An obscene display of wealth.." Nooo, It is harmless EXTREME EXCESS OF LIVING. You know all those billions of dollars that could feed the entire world are better spent apeasing some rich cocksucker ;-)

[justicearso]

3MAR YA AL EMARAT

[sarzamineiran]

disgusting...soon dubai will collapse under its own tower of lies and corruption

[faithbrigade]

more haters lol

Dubai > You

[MaddJP]

get a real justice court and then we'll talk, until then, you're not civilized enough to be allowed to talk

[faithbrigade]

someone's mad lol

Are you civilized? Do civilized people talk and type like you?

=)

[MaddJP]

@faithbrigade

it's just a nickname, do you actually arrest anyone who does not share your faith?

[cliklab]

7 stars? What a joke. I guess it's like

Nigel from "This is Spinal Tap" saying all my amplifier volume levels go up to 11, not 10...11.

[cliklab]

absolutely gross.

[ShamanPilot]

Yet another gilded gold and glass mirage in the desert and not unlike its counterpart... Las Vegas

[SophiaVonHelgastein]

did anyone else catch the pinecone on the handrail @ 3:20?

[rta5000]

i cant finish watching this drivel

[lolingalltheaharis]

The tower of babel - return of the antichrist - 2012.

[happybuddyperson]

ultimate waste of money... lol i hope it fucking falls, WE CAN AFFORD TO BUILD THIS SHIT AND WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE STARVING IN THE STREETS DIEING

FUCK MONEY

FUCK GOVERNMENTS

FUCK CULTURE

fuck it all, its time to start again idiots

[firebat42]

alright, I guess you can demonstrate to us "starting again". Get rid of your house, you didn't build it, get rid of your car, you also didn't build that.

Simply, get rid of every you did not make, you rebuild all of that shit yourself, then I might follow...

[Leninade]

In that case, seperate yourself from society entierly and begin one yourself. If you are going to talk smack, then act on it

[Bobofet241]

The Hoy Paloy? I take you mean the average person such as a tourist.Once the oil drys up what will power these extremes of wealth?

[tommytowne]

no scientist says anything about the oil drying up.

[otterboxiphone]

WASTEFUL, I feel really ashamed and sincerely/passionately hope for bankrupcy to Dubai. Seriously in this world where most people are trying to save a better planet to our next generation, now I see this kind of shameful wastefulness, I fee really bad, if not enraged. I will not go visit that place.

[jeffl96]

Dubai - Beyond Vulgar.

[j400wel]

all deco is based on masonic theme

eye-sun-pyramids.

[some12b4]

yeah i thought so when i saw the gold acorn on the railings to the staircase in the royal suiet

[j400wel]

i saw that.here in england al most all masonic schools(private) have huge acorn trees on their grounds

the hotle looks like an eye buried in sand,it also looks like an owl at times

im not sure if u know that these shapes and symbols are like a spell(tabiz)and are v bad for the area.

camel herders building tall buildings and boasting-sign of end times ?

[tommytowne]

coo coo coo coo coo coo

[ajfuller1984]

Sheer waste of wealth, nothing more than an excuse for the wealthy to lounge away from the "common folk" and pat themselves on the back.

[Ninosestelares]

7 stars means you can order prostitutes and no one will notice.

[fed8ad]

@Ninosestelares Hatter lool

[dumbnetworks]

@Ninosestelares yea and probably with a vizor and lack of D vitamine

[dicksnko]

@Ninosestelares That stimulates my imagination according to Mary Mc Lochlan the publicist of the Burj.

[blastingcaps]

@Ninosestelares That is star four.

[komorokiwi]

Damn that royal suite looks so tacky. All that money and no taste.

[fLiPpAntMisSCreanT]

@komorokiwi Your not viewing it on the right drugs.

[PinkPunkyKat]

@komorokiwi Yeah, the bouncers uniforms look better. The royals' outfits look like a Halloween ghost costume. The hotel itself is an eyesore from the outside.

[PinkPunkyKat]

@komorokiwi I felt the same.

[dicobalt]

That is the kind of true luxury that does not exist anymore. Some bad stuff probably happens there too.

[ramanoujan1888]

The name of this hotel is not Tower of Babel but BURJ AL ARAB.

[hanrinch]

soviet and communism will crush that hotel!

long live national socialism!

[makoa67]

lol--whatever---soviet and communism crushed itself Butt-nugget.....

THE WALL IS DOWN BABY--DOWN

!!!

[hanrinch]

your brain seems to be poisoned by the vicious evil capitalism. and the condition is seem to be fatal and life threatening.

the only way to save your life is start believe communism from now. only that can make you seeing a better future. communism will save the world economy!

[mountaindweller44]

LOL...communism...ROTFLMAO...f­unny!!! Yeah, how many times has it, Marxism, Fascism and Socialism failed? Not aware of any of them making it 200-years...and now that it is being attempted to be implemented in the U.S....I give the U.S. about 25-more years, max...probably much, MUCH less. Socialism & Communism are NATION DESTROYERS!

[hanrinch]

it wont be destroy, communism will make america a heaven on earth, homeland of paradise. the world will be in different place.

[corvino21]

Yeah then you wake up. Communism ruined my country and it will ruin america. Not that thats a bad thing ofcourse.

[Plane60]

That hotel make me vomit !

[kage574]

i would love to take a shit in such a beautiful bathroom! i love it

[08dwl]

Good to see where our money went to when we was paying four dollars and more for gas! But to be honest they (oil barons) need to invite us for a night or two. haha

[MrIraq1]

Lovelt, Long live UAE and Iraq!

[Judel100]

Oh what an embarrassment for Dubai! The pride and joy of the Al-Maktums turns out to bear the largest Christian cross in the Arab world (when seen from the sea)! No wonder they removed the silhouette of the the Burj from Dubai's numberplates!

[JamageControl]

I mean its amazing and everything... especially that spa... but its sort of.... pimpin'... its got blingin' columns, half the roof is covered in blinger's gold... I dunno, I'm torn between it being really amazing and sort of tacky.

[MortalAndKnowingIt]

yep same here buddy ... i dunno why they push this tacky architecture when they could have just modernized the arabian style ... i arabian architecture is one of the most recognizable and mathematically advanced types known .... but noooo ... to me this looks like taj mahal in atlantic city ... its tacky and without any taste whatsoever .... its like donald trump designed this .... this ghetto pimpin pimpin style is hurting my eyes ...

[aeroflying]

This is a modern day tower of babel. Have you read what God did to those who attempted to build the tower of babel?

[MortalAndKnowingIt]

yeah.... about that .... THE FUCKING BIBLE AND EVERY OTHER RELIGIOUS BOOK IS A SHAM, A FRAUD, CALL IT WHATEVER YOU LIKE, BUT ITS NOT ONE THING ... FACTUAL DOCUMENTATION OF PAST EVENTS .,, GODDAMMIT WE ARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND YOU PEOPLE STILL HANG ON SOMETHING THATS OBSOLETE AND IRRELEVANT ... DROP RELIGION, YOULL FEEL MUCH BETTER ...

[aeroflying]

It is appointed once for a man to die and then is the judgement

[aeroflying]

Different languages exist today because of the attempt to build the tower of babel.

[MortalAndKnowingIt]

no they dont ... languages are based and formed on cultural environment and cultural exchange ... they are formed as a expression of already existing cultures and thousands of years of cultural and economic influences ... not because some fairy tale called the bible and stories written in it ... it came to my knowledge as a empirical fact that people who are religious are those who dont succeed in life ... there is no afterlife, no god to look after you ... you are alone ...

[aeroflying]

Why is your heart so hard?

[MortalAndKnowingIt]

wtf ... im just presenting you with something called FACTS .... how does this make my heart hard and wtf does that even mean .... but in todays world having no heart makes life easier ... less hassle and less problems when you think with your brain and rely on FACTS

[westslidedrift]

It isn't a matter of a hard heart, but a sold soul. You'll never be able to fill the void of a lost soul. The lust for money is the root of all evil. To love the world is to have enmity with God. The UAE is either a lavish and magnificent use of resources or a flat out waste. Just like all things of this world... it will not last. Choose truth, love, and wisdom or deceit, hate, and ignorance. One of us knows the truth. One of us has failed miserably in learning the lessons of life.

[westslidedrift]

Everyone has freewill to think/do what they want. By all means... keep up the work with the selfishness and greed. Material possession wise I have less than many, but I make up for it with my character. I don't spend my time putting others down. Instead I use my God given gifts and talents to help those in need. Most people aren't as strong spirited and are easily convinced that there is no God. Do not be unwise and foolish influencing others that God doesn't exist etc. That isn't your place.

[westslidedrift]

Facts. I got a little fact. Your "fact" is not a fact at all. You're understanding of religion is shallow. I've actually studied many of the teachings in The Bible... I'm not so sure you've ever laid eyes on any of the scriptures. Yet you claim such a fact. Foolish. Everyone is not a mere mortal. We all have souls. The thing is now in the 21st century God is letting ppl do WTF they want. God knows all. None of this is new... its happened already in the past. Remember Jesus?

[parablepoetry]

thank bush and Americans for making it possible for the UAE to afford such a rediculous building.

[DFDalton1962]

Bwahaha. I guess we have to make allowances for different standards of taste in other parts of the world. But this to me has all the sublty and tasteful sophistication of an NBA player's McMansion.

[wulfram2009]

Fuckin Wow! That is one bad ass hotel.

[sinaan3000]

we are arabs

we live next to the gulf

it is our gulf

we call it arabian gulf

arabs live on it's two sides

so why westerners call it persians??

(with all do respect to persia and persians and iran)

:)

[odalV]

cuz they r ignorant

[ultradestruction]

Why do Arabs or Persians give a shit, whos gulf it is? Is only one of you gaining something from it or both?

[ihmen]

it was named during the time of the persian empire when it controlled all of the middle east

[PROJEK3]

why so expesive .can we fuck it or somethin

[ananiasacts]

Is financing or a lay-a-way plan available getting into the foyer?

[kitasshit]

well,

If u saved your salary for the next 50 years and multiplied it to all your families income and added 100000 to it

you'll be able to stay there for an hour

so bill gates can't even afford to stay there ....hed be broke in a week....wow

[khalid6591]

you must be joking

[kitasshit]

No amount of Lapis,Gold,Inlay can overcome the overwhelming fact that a primitive Bedouin was obviously given the final say on this Dr Seuss Meets Lawrence of Arabia Whorehouse.I have seen New Orleans Brothels with an esthetic that is infinitely more subtle and tasteful.

LOL

[signmeupalready11]

I thought@ the end he was gonna say...I might just go and find a fkn Hol*day Inn!

[kitasshit]

How much is a room there per night?

[wad572]

well,

If u saved your salary for the next 50 years and multiplied it to all your families income and added 100000 to it

you'll be able to stay there for an hour

[samoshawky]

guys just to let u know,most of the designers to this project are Canadians and English,then there's another point which is tastes vary whatever u see poor somebody else would like...and u guys should be fair and just don't deny how great of a job they did in dubai..and still doing.

[uae13713]

i love my country

united arab emirates

[ma3indisalfa]

well said

[blackjacknureyev]

you can't buy taste with money. period.

[mrcooper32]

If United States dont get there act together and start updating our building and roads.Dubai will be the next America 2000

[PsyogiBottoms]

It is apparent that their taste is exclusively in their mouths. That is the most horrific interior I've ever seen - absolutely hideous.

At least you have the architecture. It will be empty.

[hairybeast101]

yeah..g o dubai... i want to visit that place someday..

[hairybeast101]

not really.

[kohlerman8]

I am not a fan of minimalism. In fact I prefer a certain traditional richness and detail in my interior decoration, but this hotel´s interior goes too far is just tacky and in poor taste. It seems like no restraint was used. The more bold and gaudy the colors the better. I am afraid that this is classic tacky Arab new rich styling-pure ostentatiousness.

[blowbubblesnotbombs]

why called 'babel'? the theological meaning has to do with not moving through out the world, not crap interior decorating

[balamanti2]

The hotel defeat the west and European pride. It is a strong Evidence of advance of Arab world much faster than Europe

[blowbubblesnotbombs]

bollocks

[JeanLouie1106]

Quite the contrary I believe, the architects and engineers were from the United Kingdom, and the builders were contracted from South Africa, the only 'pro' for the Arabs is the will to spend $650M to build a hotel with money generated from selling of oil, and also the will to spend immense sums of oil money on many other structures.

[balamanti2]

That is pure envy talk.

UK like to deny Arabs any priviledge. Well UK has Oil too and was the closest to USA that is why we speak English not because UK were smart. UK in fact was nothing before the 5th century when all Middle east was full of Civilization

[kunstinflammen]

Well meanwhile in the present....

[balamanti2]

don't hold ur grip too much to ur present ...u might not know what is cooking

[slarzer]

i've noticed that this hotel is far beyond its time for u people .. its so unreal that it scares some people .. omg we've finally done it !

[LavaMountainKat]

i am surprised the toilet paper in that bathroom was not made with 100 dollar bills

[TheOn3LeftBehind]

I'm not paying $100 just to get in the hotel. What the HELL. xD!

[TimmyLeePayne]

Time is coming to an end! at todays 7* tomorrows ruble, oil is at its very end and dubai will be no more. the meek will inherent the earth not the rich. Jesus is the way and the truth forever.

[windowlicker1]

this goes to show where our trillion dollar deficit came from. "owned by dubai's wealthy oil sheikhs".  lol turns out we are the ones who got fucked in the long run due to our excessive fossil fuel demands.

[P0pThETrUnK]

excuse me, but some people here are just some stupid white men...

[ukraina95]

they waste their money for a 7star hotel wtf! your country is a oil country!construct industries ,markets, universities, a place where your people can work and create a non oil and gas based economy.Such a waste of money!

[hwns]

its called tourisim jackass, do u kno how much it cost to live there, tourisim creates money for the country, they know there oil days will end eventually

[captbeazy]

can't wait for one word TSUNAMI

[ShuaibRT]

I was waiting for something else, RECESSION!

[alsuwaidi87]

moron what tsunami will do in this small gulf

the highest wave is 10ft

[sunhot19]

I have never been inside the burj al building but outside and its very fascinating. But the restaurant is too expensive..

[sunhot19]

I have been there at least TEN times !

[juicearibe]

tHIS IS SICK WHEN MOST LIVE LIKE DOGS, THAT GREAT IS DAY COMEING. iTS ALL TO END SOON.

NO MORE EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahah pigs.

[mimi2696]

looks like a shrine..beautiful,but to much

[windex72]

How much does the big suite go for?

[Pollther]

"I'd rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion. I would rather ride on earth in an ox cart with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion train and breathe a malaria all the way." - H. D. Thoreau

[cvunit]

thats where our oil money is going...

[EastBoyAE]

genuinepizza its in the middle east you fucking gay belive its not in ure country you fucking freak go dream. hhhhhhhhhhh

[genuinepizza]

wait? is this in the middle east? no!!!!

[sopmodm4]

That is the tackiest looking horror I have ever seen,lol

[lucky7blk8]

I am not at all judgemental when it comes to things that I can't aford but your choice of words are gut bustingly funny! LOL

[sopmodm4]

It's the most horrible thing I have ever seen!No amount of Lapis,Gold,Inlay can overcome the overwhelming fact that a primitive Bedouin was obviously given the final say on this Dr Seuss Meets Lawrence of Arabia Whorehouse.I have seen New Orleans Brothels with an esthetic that is infinitely more subtle and tasteful.I think that without some sunglasses with tinted lenses a week in that place would make me so nauseated that I would have to resort to Bourbon which this Medieval monstrosity forbids

[iSkyexx]

WOW indeed!

beautiful hotel

but best be for the wealthiest people in the world!

[bbenjoe]

Many says that the UAE are preparing for the time when they'll ran out of Oil -tourism can be the next main income of the country.

[khalid6591]

i live next to this shit dubai is a big haox they will steal your money and sale you a dream .

[slarzer]

bullshit !

[Mhm5213]

I could design better, lol.

[bigstuenya]

looks overated to me

[bhakula]

yeah, because you have not been

[abunoorz]

you would not be saying that if you were there

[excatholics]

Its all vanity!

[JWFau]

The Saudi princes are even more decadent. Dubai is a little more open about it.

[Shebaqueenof]

Tell me why this is not obscene on so many levels...

[g3user1usa]

I can't wait to try out that Royal Suite. I'm gonna get so laid. I'm one of the Prince's closest friends and you're not.

[khalid6591]

ok how much for a nit i like to fuck with your princess

[stripedchair]

nice hotel, ..maybe a little over the top, but nice.

[yellowman88]

its for the wealthiest people on earth

[stripedchair]

I was addressing the style of the hotel. It lacks sophistication.