A part of amazing world!!!

This is really amazing

Dubai in 1990 prior to the craziness




The same street in 2003

Year 2007



The madness. Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes



The Dubai Waterfront. When completed it will become the largest waterfront development in the world

All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks like a palm tree



The Palm Islands in Dubai . New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man made islands. They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space




Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all. Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised as being visible from the moon

The World Islands . 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world. Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million



The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai . The worlds tallest hotel. Considered the only '7 star' hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world. It stands on an artificial island in the sea



Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel. Entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai , it is scheduled to be completed by 2009 after many delays



The Burj Dubai. Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be complete by 2008. At an estimated height of over 800 meters, it will easily be world's tallest building when finished. It will be almost 40% taller than the current tallest building, the Yaipei 101



This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009. More than 140 stories of the Burj Dubai have already been completed. It is already the worlds tallest man made structure and it is still not scheduled to be completed for at least another year

The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront. Once completed it will take over the title of the tallest structure in the world from the Burj Dubai. Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower will be 1200 meters. That would make it more than 30% taller than the Burj Dubai and three times as tall as the Empire State Building


The Burj al Alam, or The World Tower . Upon completion it will rank as the world's highest hotel. It is expected to be finished by 2009. At 480 meters it will only be 28 meters shorter than the Taipei 101





The Trump International Hotel & Tower, which will be the centerpiece of one of the palm islands, The Palm Jumeirah





Dubailand. Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando , which is also the largest single-site employer in the United states with 58,000 employees. Dubailand will be twice the size. Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 miles^2) at an estimated $20 billion price tag. The site will include a purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects
Dubai Sports City. A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand


Currently, the Walt Disney World Resort is the #1 tourist destination in the world. Once fully completed, Dubailand will easily take over that title since it is expected to attract 200,000 visitors daily


The Dubai Marina is an entirely man made development that will contain over 200 high rise buildings when finished. It will be home to some of the tallest residential structures in the world. The completed first phase of the project is shown. Most of the other high rise buildings will be finished by 2009-2010





The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the world with over 9 million square feet of shopping and around 1000 stores. It will be completed in 2008




Ski Dubai , which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in the world. This is a rendered image of another future indoor skiing facility that is being planned


Some of the tallest buildings in the world, such as Ocean Heights and The Princess Tower , which will be the largest residential building in the world at over a 100 stories, will line the Dubai Marina.
The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport in the world if construction ever gets under way. I'm not joking.

Some other crazy .. The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the largest fully automated rail system in the world. The Dubai World Central International Airport will become the largest airport in size when it is completed. It will also eventually become the busiest airport in the world, based on passenger volume.

There are more construction workers in Dubai than there are actual citizens.


This is taken from world's tallest building "Burj Dubai" @ 2,620 ft / 801m



Really amazing Look at the edge (uppermost right corner) of the picture, you can almost see the turn of the earth


Persons who are working on the upper most Girders can see the "ROTATION OF EARTH"

The world's tallest tower - a giant lightning conductor - watch the wondrous sight of lightning striking Burj Dubai Tower

It's all happening in Dubai ...spectacular photos of last March's storm

When lightning hit the world's tallest tower! For as long as half hour lightning hit the tower and the thunder sounded all over the neighouring areas! An unforgettable night!

Cricket part 2

Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Preity Zinta the owners of the club?

Indian Premier League or IPL, as it is fondly referred to, is a new kid on the cricket block. A somewhat different version of Twenty20, Indian Premier League became an instant eye catcher with its launch in April 2008. Created by the Board of Cricket Control of India, the league is managed by the Vice President, BCCI, Lalit Modi. Involving players from all across the globe, India Premier League presented the cricket in its latest avatar. Starting its first season in April 2008, IPL is all set for its second term, schedule to get started on April 10, 2009.

There were 8 teams ; Royal Bangalore Challenger, Knight Riders, King XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers - in the first season of the Indian Premier League, which competed against each other. The four winning teams progressed to the semi finals and the winners from both the semi finals made it to the finals of the IPL. Rajasthan Royals won the finals and took the Indian Premier League 2008 trophy home. The upcoming season of the Indian Premier League, commencing on April 10, 2009 is expected to be more interesting with some of the leading players of the various teams, taking part in it. The first match will be hosted by the winners of the last year - Rajasthan Royals - in Jaipur.

IPL Teams - IPL Teams Owner - IPL Teams Captain
Rajasthan Royals - Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra - Shane Warne
Kings XI Punjab - Preity Zinta - Yuvaraj Singh
Chennai SuperKings - India Cement - M.S. Dhoni
Delhi Daredevils - Yogesh Shetty(GMR Group) - Virendra Sehwag
Mumbai Indians - Mukesh Ambani - Sachin Tendulkar
Kolkata Knight Riders - Shah Rukh Khan - Saurav Ganguly
Bangalore Royal Challengers - Vijay Mallya - Kevin Pieterson
Deccan Chargers - J Krishan (Deccan Chronicle) - Laxman

Cricket - is a religion not heard by many but followed by plenty in India

After admiring so long for the any Indian cricket's team original jersey, finally I got one and at the back clearly stamped name of "Dhoni" one of the best ever cricketer in the world of cricket(some Indians even called him a god).

Chennai Superking Jersey

Cricket is a Religion in India

The Indian sub-continent has wide variety of people following different religions. Several books regarding India might suggest that Hinduism is the leading religion in this region. But the real India has a religion not heard by many, but followed by plenty in India. Cricket is the biggest religion in India.

God?

This religion has several gods who keep changing every few years, although there is no holy book for this religion; people can recite names and figures with ease.

One of the famous temple seen here

What is Cricket?

Some introduction to cricket. It is a sport just like any other sport played by very few countries around the world. It resembles baseball in the way it is played. Each team has 11 players and the team that scores most points(runs) in a day wins. To find out more about Cricket, check out Wikipedia.

Way Heading to State Cricket Tournament-horribly congested!

History

India picked up cricket from the British who once ruled over India for over 200 years. India has a big history with cricket with the Maharajas(Kings) playing the game. Indians are very fanatical about the game. Each game is not watched on sportive grounds but as a rite. When India wins a game, the whole nation erupts with joy and when they lose, there are usually some heads rolling and some players prematurely ending their career.

Myself on the way to Cricket Tournament

Cricket is crazy!

To befriend an Indian, the best thing one needs to do is follow Cricket. The fastest way to an Indian's heart is through Cricket. Likewise Malaysian, we all are football fanatic but most of us "kaki bangku". Should you know any other countries following sports so religiously just tell me where and what kind of sport?

Watching some Indian friends enjoying cricket in the heat of the sun in the summer

Indian Cricket- The Beginning

Cricket, the gentleman’s game, is the unofficial national game of India. Though seems to be embedded in the life of country, it did not originate in India. The origin of this game can be traced back to a place named Weald, near London. Initially played by the children of the farmers of the region, today it is the most popular sport after Soccer. There are many beliefs regarding the etymology of the word. Some people believe it to be originated from a French word ‘Crequet’, meaning a Club while others think it to be derived from an English word ‘Crycc’. The game took around 4 centuries to reach India. British brought this game to India in the 17th century. The records show that the first ever cricket match in India was played in 1721 AD. Initially accepted by the Parsi community, this game of foreigners began to appear in organized form with the establishment of the ‘Oriental Cricket Club’ in 1848. This cricket club of Mumbai marked the beginning of interest of Indian people in cricket. The first official cricket match was played between Parsis and Europeans in 1877 AD. Till late 19th century people of this country did not open their hearts to the game. The popularity of the game started building up among the Indian people when some of the Indians such as Sir Ranjitisinhji and Sir Duleepsinhji started playing cricket for English cricket team in 1900s. Their cricket score helped to raise the interest and prestige of the game among Indians.

Dhoni oh Dhoni - Autobiography

courstesy http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/cricket/cricketers/dhoni.html

Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Born: July 7, 1981, Ranchi, Bihar

Major teams: India, Jharkhand

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Fielding Position: Wicketkeeper

Achievements: Highest score by a wicketkeeper in ODIs (183 not out); highest number of sixes (10) in an ODI innings by a wicketkeeper (most by an Indian); highest batting average for a wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the new poster boy of Indian cricket. With his long mane and swashbuckling batting style, Dhoni has the whole country drooling over him at this moment.Dhoni got his big break in the Indian team courtesy his exploits against Pakistan A, in the triangular tournament in Kenya, where he destroyed bowling attacks with disdain. After making his one-day international debut against Bangladesh in Chittagong in December 2004 Dhoni remained subdued in the first four matches he played.It was his fifth one-dayer, against Pakistan at Vishakapatnam, which heralded MS Dhoni's arrival at the big stage when the dashing wicket keeper cracked a dazzling 148 from just 123 balls. Dhoni followed it with another cracker of an innings against Sri Lanka on 31 October 2005, when he clobbered his way to a mammoth 183 off just 145 balls, thus breaking Adam Gilchrist's record for the highest score by a wicketkeeper in ODIsDuring this blitzkrieg, Dhoni also broke Saeed Anwar's record of most runs scored off boundaries by scoring a total of 120 runs off 4s and 6s eclipsing the previous record of 118. Riding on the good showing in the One-Dayers, Dhoni made his Test debut against Sri Lanka and in only his fifth Test, scored his maiden century to help India avoid follow-on against Pakistan. Ever since, Dhoni has been a crucial member of the Indian side.