"Keith Brown, a council youth development officer, was travelling through the United Arab Emirates on his way back to England when he was stopped as he walked through Dubai's main airport." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...770&in_page_id=1770&expand=true#StartComments Note to self - NEVER visit Dubai.
Wow, just WOW. 3 poppy seeds that fall off your poppyseed bagel or .003g of pot you might pick up on the tread of your shoe walking around in SF or Berkeley can land you in prison for 4 years? I'll be taking the UAE and Dubai off my vacation plans permenantly. Add that to Saudi Arabia and their hand cutting policy, Iraq and it's wartorn nature, Israel being and off and on warzone and Iran just hating the US... That pretty much eliminates any countries I'd ever visit in the region.
I'm not much interested in anyplace but Ireland, Australia and England myself...none of whom have much problem with us "Yanks" right now.
I'd add Canada and Belize to that list myself. I always like visiting Vancouver and Belieze was just an interesting place. Sad comment that all of those countries however are English speaking (or at least partially English speaking in Ireland and Belize's case).
Parts of Ireland aren't English-speaking? I didn't meet anyone when I was in Ireland that spoke no English.
Well officially they're trying to go back to being a Gaelic speaking country. Fat chance it'll work though.
Draconian drug laws and their consequences in party places like Dubai and Las Vegas seem to disappear quickly when the alleged crime involves people with lots of $$$$. If this isn't you, beware. (People in Arizona during Superbowl weekend probably found this out as well).
Well in Arizona's defense their sheriff wasn't putting up with it no matter who you were. He publicaly came out and said he relished a chance to put Paris Hilton in jail.
Still. Not many people in authority positions have said they'd have dressed her in pink underwear (standard issue in his county), a stripped suit and made her sleep in a tent in the yard of the prison (as many do in his county due to overcrowding. Not to mention he specifically was quoted saying she'd work the chain gang.