Re: Still completely classless, Fantasia Barrino returns to American Idol -- haha David, this could be you!

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 polar <polar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Thanatos wrote:
> > In article <482CE414.4010204@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >  polar <polar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Thanatos wrote:
> >>> Oh, well than I am living that lifestyle so I wouldn't be jealous, 
> >>> anyway. I travel constantly. I just finished a trip to the Middle
East 
> >>> where I stayed at a 6-star hotel for two weeks. I have a nice home.
Not 
> >>> sure if my car is a "luxury" model or not but it ain't shabby. And
my 
> >>> bank account is healthy and robust. What's to be jealous of?
> >> Can I ask you some nosy questions about your Middle East trip?
> >> Was it a vacation or a business trip?  I sometimes hear about
> >> the MidEast being an great place to take a vacation but I can't
> >> imagine doing it myself.  As a woman, I wouldn't feel safe,
> >> especially about going someplace, even a museum, by myself.
> >> A 6-star hotel?  Dubai?
> > 
> > It was a combination business/pleasure trip to Abu Dhabi. There was 
> > really no problem for women. At the hotel itself, there was a water
park 
> > and women were wearing bikinis and such just like in America. Outside 
> > the hotel in the city, a little more modesty was required (pants, long

> > skirts-- no shorts) but it's nothing like Saudi or Iran. No "decency 
> > police" roaming the streets or anything like that.
> > 
> > Of course this is the internet so I'm probably lying, according to
some 
> > in this newsgroup.
> 
> Nice photos (from the earlier post).
> Abu Dhabi is in the United Arab Emirates, right?
> Surprised to see a "holiday" tree there.

Yeah, the UAE isn't into all that militant Islam stuff. Much more 
metropolitan and open society.