Everyday scenery on the Arabian peninsula sometimes doubting my eyes

Donald's eyebrows in McDonald's are slightly strange. A local uncle wearing folk clothes to drive a green sports car. Muslim customs that Friday is a holiday and Sunday is a weekday. It was surprising every day in the Gulf countries of the Arabian Peninsula, such as the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.

Hello,Takuya Sudo @ circle around the world bicycle @ Charridermanis. The Gulf countries that went round in the backpack made me realize the extent of the world again. I think that the pleasure of a journey will be transmitted at least in the pictures that I took.

◆ Basic Things
There are only Muslim countries, and mosques are built in town.


Donation boxes were placed everywhere due to the influence of Muslim religious faith. Even Iran who traveled once remained in the same way.


Friday is a holiday with Islam worship as well. Next Saturday was also closed and Sunday was a weekday. In Friday morning the subway in Dubai is also closed.


Hospitals and pharmacies are signs of crescent instead of Christian crosses.


Because the heat is hot and it can not move during the day, the city will seriously serve after the sunset. This is why the moon is preferred in the Islamic area.


Because it is a hot and hot place, there is a free water supply point in town.


Arabic · Indian figures (0123) are used. Although Arabic numerals (0123) which we use everyday are also often written together, it is convenient to be able to decipher, so it is unlikely that there will be no loss.


The official language is Arabic, but there are also the influences of people coming from South Asia, and English will work as usual. I realized the importance of English education in the situation that everyone can handle.


South Asian people such as India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are coming to work. From the physical labor of the construction site to the service industry such as reception of the hotel, the lives of the Gulf countries can not exist without them.


There was a history ruled by Britain, and the outlet was British (BF) type.


◆ Wealth born from oil
A three-dimensional model of a hotel like the castle called "Kempinski Hotel Emerald Palace" found at Dubai Mall.


An uncle of white ethnic clothes got into a green sports car and disappeared into the city.


Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, is a high-rise building that creates ingenuity and ingenuity in the Gulf countries, taking pictures of those buildings was one of the pleasure of traveling.

A golden building in Doha, the capital city of Qatar.


Characteristic design attracts eyes at Qatar Tower.


This is also Doha, a tornado tower with a tornado motif.


Kuwait's liberation tower.


Also in Kuwait, it is a unique shape water tower.


Local capital "Lulu HypermarketThe gluttonous purchasing power of the Gulf countries is a glimpse. Everything from groceries to electric appliances was sold.

It is too spacious inside.


Potato chips around the world "Lay'sArabic version of.


Olives and colorful delicatessen to cheese.


We also sell LCD TVs.


This is exhibiting in piles. The contents are not empty. It is Dubai quality that contains all of it.


Food, eating out, moving and basic prices are cheap Gulf countries, but I was in trouble that I can not find a cheap hotel. Give up here and secure a cheap hotel in advance on the internet. Even so, money was flying at a stretch together with the airline tickets.

It is the cheapest hotel in Kuwait called "Continental Hawally Hotel" which was also 6174 yen.


In pretense as such a room ......


Here is a double bed.


Toilet and shower.


Sink and refrigerator


Although the plate asking the cleaning service when staying consecutive nights was a maid clothes to say that it is an Islamic country ... ....


◆ Foreign companies
In the Gulf countries, which have achieved remarkable growth by exporting abundant underground resources such as oil and natural gas, despite the lack of changeable land, the expansion of multinational corporations was also prosperous. Nestle, Snickers, Cadbury and global companies occupy supermarket shelves even if it is a single chocolate. It looks like a fair for international companies, and I was excited about what I was walking around in the city.

McDonald's of the world is also vigorously managing stores.Mac ArabiaThere is also a local menu called.


Smiley star is the symbol mark "Hardee's" is the nation's fifth fastest food group Carl's Jr group company.


America's famous "Dairy Queen" famous for soft cream and other sweets


I was surprised that South African hamburger chain "Wimpy" is also on its way.


If America's "Baskin-Robbins" is Japan, it is a Sanitan Ice Cream.


Second largest supermarket chain "Carrefour" second only to the United States Walmart is actively developing stores in the Arabian Peninsula.


We also found the world's third largest British "Tesco".


HSBC, the world's largest banking group headquartered in London, England, also had a presence.


America "Citibank" actively developing overseas is also operating in the Gulf countries.


◆ Japanese companies
Japanese companies can not release such a promising market full of vitality, and the world's largest in the United Arab EmiratesDubai Mall"MUJI", "SEGA", "Kinokuniya Shoten", "Daiso", "ASICS", "Sony" and "Canon" are in operation at stores. Not only that, the local supermarket ordered the products of Japanese companies as usual.

Pocari Sweat of Otsuka Pharmaceutical.


Oronomin C. of Genki Hatsuratsu.


There is also Lipovitan D of one fight.


Unexpectedly the expansion of Pokka was conspicuous in the beverage system.


Meiji Seika's chocolate confectionery.


When I was walking in the city of Dubai I discovered a daiso of 100 yen shop by chance.


It was a small store, but we have all the things in one place.


The product is 7 AED (about 200 yen) and about twice that of Japan. Besides Daiso there is a miscellaneous goods store handling Chinese products, so I felt a little expensive, but convenient products where hands reach itchy place was where I was bothered by the purchase.


◆ Suspected eyes
People who are in the sign are also surprised to see they are in veil.


Indicating urging the seat belt to wear was also wearing ethnic clothes.


Signs of attention to Oman's crosswalk are tight.


Because it is a country that does not accept travelers, the sign towards Saudi Arabia was fresh.


A huge fan produced fog at the same time as the wind, so it made the surrounding area cool and comfortable.


The face of a mannequin that appeals something.


Master of the butcher who was saddened eyes.


Donald of McDonald 's in Kuwait had become thick eyebrows preferred by local people.


It is a country that has passed since 100 countries, but I never thought that it was so interesting. The world is too wide, so it will only increase the places you want to go.

(Sentence / photo: Takuya S. Narou Charriderman
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