Dragged myself out of bed before 05.00 this morning to visit a recommended site in Dubai. Entailed a drive of over one and a half hours, but at that time and it being Ramadan the roads were extremely quiet. With temperatures rising to in excess of 40 degrees by mid day I wanted to get there in good time.
International city is a massive residential complex and the lakes are to be developed as a nature reserve. Due to the recession most of the construction work is on hold and there is no...