Was always wondering why no websites are there showing the real cost of living in Dubai!

Dubai is not that costly... nor it is that cheap.... ofcourse telephone calls are costly in Dubai!

1. Accomodation: A single bedroom apartment will cost around 35,000 dhs in Sharjah to 125,000 in dubai Marina area.

or you can opt for a sharing accomodation at AED 500 plus per month. No:of people depends on the rent. it can be 2 to a max 14 per flat/ villa.

2. Food: It really depends from where you are having! In Karama, Deira Burdubai areas it is relatively cheap.. will be around AED 30 per day... where as it can go up in Sheikh Zayed Road, Jumeriah etc..

3. Travel: Taxi minimum charge is AED 10. plus AED 1.6 per kilometer. However you can use Dubai bus and Dubai Metro. Both are cheap. For using Dubai Bus service, you ahve to buy a prepaid card of AED 20 and continue recharging it. Minimum charge for bus is AED 2.5 and Train is AED 2.5.

4. Telephone: To India, you can call through etisalat/ du at the rate of AED 2.4 per min from mobile (off peak - AED 1.8)

but, there are public booths, from where it is only AED 0.99 per min. YOu have to buy prepaid cards to call from all the public booths. Prepaid card charge is AED 30 with full talk time.

Recharge cards are available from AED 20 for Du and AED 25 for Etisalat. How ever, some shops even sell e-recharge for AED5

So... what you think... is Dubai cheap...or costly?

This is GULF

* Local calls are free
* Petrol is cheaper than water, Payment for drainage too.
* Any building construction finishes in 3 months .
* Unqualified get more salary than Qualified
* Show-off matters more than real quality & performance .
* Labourers are paid less than what they can earn back in their own country.
* Companies can kick out their employees without any reason .
* Wastas (recommendation) are more powerful than money .
* Cleaners have more Wasta than officers .
* Watchman has more Rights than the Building Owner.
* Office boy & Drivers have more influence on Boss than Manager.
* Gulf climate changes so fast, in one hour u can see raining, dust storm, hot / humid / chilling weather.
* Gulf is located in desert, still u find greenery everywhere .
* If u can ' t earn money in the Gulf, u can ' t earn anywhere in the world .
* In Gulf, time goes very fast, Friday to Friday comes u never know, its sooo fast.
* Every bachelor has a dream of getting married and buying a house in thier own countries.
* U love your parents, friends, relatives 100 times more than when you were together.
* Being at home is more painful than being at work.
* Gulf girls sing Hindi songs but don ' t understand anything.
* A ladies hair saloon every 5 meters.
* Food/Grocery delivery to the car.
* A Starbucks every 10 meters.
* Hard Rock Cafe with no alcohol.
* In one single flat sharing with 5 families.
* A Shopping Mall located every 2 km.
* Highway lanes differentiated for slow & fast drivers .
* Getting a license is more difficult than buying a car .
* Smashed cars are more than bugs.
* Parking charge: 2 Dirham for 1 hour - 5 Dirham for 2 hours & so on .
* No Queues for women .

TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN GULF:
* GREEN : Signal to go for Indians.
* YELLOW : Signal to go for Egyptians and Pakistanis, Americans, Europeans.
* RED : Signal to go for Kuwaitis, Saudis , Palestinians & Lebanese...
IF YOU ' RE SAYING ' NO ' THEN YOU ARE HIDING THE TRUTH.......