Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2009 – Think of the Pit Babes
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – You’re ‘avin’ a Giraffe?
Well my munching friends here’s something you wouldn’t expect a humble west country pasty muncher to be checking out but our eyes are drawn to the Middle East and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
As the dismal UK summer draws to a close and the chill evening air of autumn begins to creep through the unsealed doors of Chez Pasty our thoughts have turned to holidays – unlike the sx pistols I DO want a holiday in the sun, as I, like many others feel cheated of summer in the UK – so much for talk of arbeque summer and idillyic camping holidays. Thanks to the 2009 Met office epic fail I’m down several hundred quid having splashed out on not so cheap camping equipment which has only seen the grey light of a day or two before packing up the tent and stuffing the camping gear in the boot of the care and off to a bit of lovely luxury in glorious five star hotel accomodation – and that was just during a short trip to Wales.
The hunt is on for travel further a field – anyone seen my camel?
Abu Dhabi – Guaranteed Sunshine
Abu Dhabi the poor relation to Dubai is set to become the must go destination later this year when it is host the the (trademark alert) first ever Formula 1™ Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2009 is the final race of the season and although not being a Formula 1 fan particularly this event has caught our attention as it ticks many boxes in what we look for in a holiday – obviously sunshine but also the thrill of staying in one of the extrodinary luxury hotels that have been built within the Yas Marina Circuit – some of which span the race track.
Formula 1 Motorsport in Abu Dhabi
Formula 1 is associated with opulence and excess so what better location to hold the concluding race of the 2009 season than in a brand spanking new resort built by an oil rich country with the focus on impressing the world. Although tickets to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix are not especially expensive, only difficult to buy trackside tickets in advance online and hotel tariffs are acceptable (considering the standard of the rooms and impeccable service, you can pick up some amazing cheap flight deals to Abu Dhabi and nearby Dubai. The national airline of United Arab Emirates, Etihad, offer return flights to Abu Dhabi from three hundred pounds – London Heathrow. Incidently the Etihad website (a very black place) identifies the taxes contained within this (over half the fare on cheap flights).
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Pit Babes
My personal concern is for the notorious Pit Babes – Arab resorts are becoming a little more tolerant of western visitors but how I wonder will the Pit Babes go down with the respectable Abu Dhabi Grand Prix promoters?
A very well written article i loved how you associated the Grand Prix with Abu Dhabi by the glamour and wealth quotient.
And that picture of the sign is just hilarious, i cant believe there is actually a sign like that.
I’m sure that camel road sign isn’t real, I remember seeing that image somewhere else but minus the camel. Hmm, I probably am wrong though. Very funny blog article though, made me chuckle.
(Abu Dhabi resident ten years)
Last time I checked, Abu Dhabi was actualy a serious bit wealthier than Dubai. Dubai ran out of cash and has been being bank rolled by the oil and gas producing Abu Dhabi for some years now while the no petroleum producing Dubai, relying on its property market was floundering and has now finally gone under. Why do you think they had to rename the Burj Dubai to Burj Khalifa? because Dubai ran out of cash to finish it and Abu Dhabi stumped up the rest to get it done. Abu Dhabi is actually the capital of the UAE NOT Dubai
I’m a dubai resident.
The camel sign is definitely real, you see them if you drive out into the desert. There are camels that aren’t necessarily wild (like sheep in UK) but they do sometimes come onto the road.
As Abu Dhabi resident said, Abu Dhabi is by no means the poor relation to Dubai. Dubai was the attention seeking little brother that borrowed far too much money on its credit card, Abu Dhabi is the richer brother bailing Dubai out these days.
Abu dhabi is obvioulsy wealthier than Dubai. They are just really low key and modest! who do you think saved Dubai as in the world bank incident!