Nothing in Dubai is quite what it seems. It is a city, which even by north American standards, has has a very short history. As short a time ago as two decades, even many atlases did not tell you where such a place might be. It is a city, which by geographical logic should be a place in the desert, and yet, despite that looks more like the inside of a greenhouse at the beginning of the spring planting season. It has a "creek" which looks more like like a major river then like a creek, and beyond that, is not even fresh water. ... (more)