2/9/2006: Indoor ski resort
 

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Where else but Dubai? In the background you can see the hotel that IotD has featured a few times, most notably with Tiger Woods driving a ball off the heliport. Turns out they needed a ski resort. In the desert. And since they have more money than... anyone, they can manage to get that done.

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Doesn't look very cold.

May be a reasonable substitute destination for driving 4wd SUVs.

Oh! My! God!

They'll be wanting to host the Winter Olympics next time.

There are quite a few of these things in Japan, and I think one recently opened in Shanghai too.

Yup.

We should think about this whenever we fill up our SUVs.

Personally I think it's pretty grotesque, but that's just me. I mean, people in Texas go to Colorado to ski- seems like Dubaians (I made that up) could jet to the Alps (oops...Alpine glaciers are melting too).

Chris

Check out the lift lines. There is hardily anyone there.

jackets are all the same. think they're rentals? or is that the ski patrol?

I need pictures of some non-crazy Arabs. Please, somebody show me something that looks normal.

The best thing about sking is the fresh mountain air and the scenery......uh. nevermind. :smack:

I can't imagine the energy needed to keep that thing running, nice waste of resources...

:thepain3:

Does anyone else think it's stupid that they still have lifts?

Every once in a while, when the snow gets dirty, they shut off the power and trade their skis for surfboards. ;)

How else do you get from the bottom to the top with skis on?
Welcome to the Cellar, PhillipOnLine. :D

Are their women allowed to ski too, or is this just a toy for the boys? I mean you have to have chicks on the slopes, right? What's skiiing without snowbunnies?