My palm is bigger than your palm

I flew into Dubai and landed at what will become the worlds biggest airport, had the worlds biggest cup of coffee and got into a taxi which took me along a freeway through the worlds biggest construction zone. The office is right near the Palm Jumeirah which in September last year became the worlds biggest man made island.



It held the title for a pitifully short time - it's already been eclipsed in size by the Palm Jebel Ali a few km's to the west which in turn will lose it's title to the Palm Deira just to the east. When completed in 2010, the Palm Deira will be 8 times the size of the Palm Jumeirah. Oh and I forgot to mention 'The World Islands' on which construction has just begun - this will be an archepeliago of 150+ islands in between the Palms Jumeirah and Deira formed in the shape of, wait for it, you'll never guess...the world.

The surreal Burj Al Arab is the world's only '7 star' hotel (actually there is no such thing as 7 stars, the industry chooses to call it that and the hotel choose not to say otherwise), the worlds richest horse race is in Dubai, the worlds largest indoor ski slope (though a newer, bigger one is currently being built) and not to be outdone on any front, just last month Dubai broke the record for the worlds biggest car crash involving more than 300 vehicles.