So how did you get here?

[Asterix]

Edited by Asterix on Sunday 30th May 11:45

[Chilli]

Brilliant,

Did you notice the black marker pen on the flight attendant's leg...Obviously showing a bit of knee, the dirty slut!

[Mattt]

Wow - what year were those?

[Mattt]

Chilli said:

Did you notice the black marker pen on the flight attendant's leg...Obviously showing a bit of knee, the dirty slut!

I thought you were joking, but no!

[Asterix]

See some Scoucers have been in the last pic

[Desert Dog]

All the old photos in one place.... good innit?! http://www.dubaiasitusedtobe.com/

[Asterix]

Desert Dog said:

All the old photos in one place.... good innit?! http://www.dubaiasitusedtobe.com/

Interesting site but a pain as you have to open every single image seperately - shame you can't just scroll through sections.

Unless I'm missing something.

[Gentleman Geoff]

Great stuff! I love the old series Land Rovers in those pics.

[Dunk1982]

Great pics!! Nice to see that Gulf Air hasnt changed much!!

Ive got stacks of photos back home from 85/86 Dubai and RAK, most are family shots and my parents drunk but there are a few which will have some people guessing as to whats there today or not as the case maybe!!

My dads ones from when he was young and single in Kuwait in the 70's are the best!! He had a brand new gloss black Fleetwood Caddy with bright red leather interior, add to that the hair and flairs!!

[Dunk1982]

Gentleman Geoff said:

Great stuff! I love the old series Land Rovers in those pics.

and the mini in the Dubai phone Co pic!!

[Asterix]

Next time I'm back at my Mother's in the UK - I'll see if we have any pics left from the 70's in Qatar.

[Hitch78]

Desert Dog said:

Hitch78 said:

Desert Dog said:

My Dad left the UK when he was 16 and was a permanent expat (refrigeration engineer) since then. I was born in Uganda 1960 and my brother was born in Kuwait in 1963. After bouncing around the world with them, my brother and I were banished to boarding school whilst they did Nigeria and Greece. They arrived in the UAE in 75 / 76 and I used to come out for holidays from boarding school. After college I started my first ever job in 1982 in Abu Dhabi after putting an ad in the Gulf News - if was a lot easier then! I've been in the UAE ever since apart from 2.5 years in South Africa and 2.5 years back in the UK. Looks like I'm here for the duration now!

You must wander round thinking 'I remember when this was all desert' more than most. More than the know-it-alls who've been here for like five years and act as if they discovered the place!

Interested in the 'here for the duration' comment though, how does that work when you retire?

Hitch, I guess I reached a turning point in my life last year when I decided I wasn't cut out for working for others! I turned 50 (weird typing that number!) and had been racing privately as www.teamsaluki.com for the last 14 years and decided that it was about time to make the brand pay for itself by opening up the garage Saluki Motorsport. I had also gone through the options of returning to the UK but after spending so many years in the UAE I fast realised that I would'nt be able to cut it as I have virtually no contacts over there, but have 100's if not 1000's here, hence the 'I'm here for the duration' comment. There will be a time when I return but don't see that for at least another 10 years. Fortunately I have a very supportive wife who shares the same dreams and goals as I do!

Fair play - always good to see someone sicking two fingers up to the rat-race and starting out on their own. The only thing stopping me is that I have no discernable talent, but manage to scour out a career by blagging. Still not been foundout, though last months job-scare was a close call!

My old man worked across Africa for most of the 70s and 80s and he said the longer you leave it, the harder the return. I bought an MX5 off a guy about three years ago in the UK who'd returned and just couldn't stick it anymore so had decided to come back out here for another stint.

[Hitch78]

Chilli said:

Brilliant,

Did you notice the black marker pen on the flight attendant's leg...Obviously showing a bit of knee, the dirty slut!

Perv.