Maziso epasi anogona kukurumidza kuve kuna Abu Dhabi, iyo, sekuziva kwakaita Steffan Rhys, ndizvo chaizvo zvairi kuda.
Mazuva apfuura, Mutungamiri George W. Bush vaive vatarisa kunze kweEmirates Palace. Mutungamiri wenyika yepachena ndemumwe wevanhu vashoma vari vapenyu vanoonekwa sevanokudzwa zvakakwana kuti vagare pauriri hwechisere hwehotera nyeredzi nomwe chete yepasirese, pa £ 1.1bn inodhura zvakanyanya yati yavakwa.
Iwe haugone kuwana uriri hwepamusoro nekuda kwekuve mutungamiriri wenyika, zvisinei, seyakatemerwa nzvimbo pakati peavo makurukota vakaonekwa seakakosha zvakakwana nevaya vasina kujeka.
"Vamwe vatungamiriri vanosara," vese vashandi vachati.
Elton John akarambidzwa uriri hwepamusoro pane kushanya kwekupedzisira ku Abu Dhabi uye Tony Blair akairamba nekuti yaive yakakura kwazvo. Ndinovimba, Bon Bon paakatamba horo yehotera svondo rino ivo vaiziva kusabvunza.
Kusvetukira mukati mePersian Gulf kumadokero kwekupedzisira kweAud Dhabi's corniche, hotera yepakati, yakazadzwa negoridhe uye machena uye yakashongedzwa nemachira e1,002 akagadzirwa nemakristasi eS Swarovski, inzvimbo huru uye isina murangariro yekuzadza.
Iyo inogara pachigadziko chemamirioni emamirimita imwe inotungamira pasi kune yayo yakavanzika mamaira-kureba pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, inozvirumbidza vashandi zviuru zviviri - 2,000 vacho vafudzi vanogadzirira chikafu mumaresitorendi gumi nerimwe - uye 170 dzimba, kusanganisira shizha regoridhe rakafara mita makumi mana nemaviri. Grand Atrium Dome iyo inoyangarara pamusoro penzvimbo yekutandarira yakakwira zvakanyanya uye yakakura kupfuura iyo inogara pamusoro peSt.Paul Cathedral muLondon kana Basilica San Marco muVenice.
Kudya kwemwedzi pane imwe yemahotera akajeka uye akashongedzwa mabhaloni ane maonero pamusoro penzvimbo dzakatarwa dzakatambanudzwa pazasi ndiyo imwe nzira yekushandisa manheru, uye nhengo-chete Embassy Club, yekuwedzera kuwedzerwa kuMayfair restaurant neketani yekirabhu ine Maka Fuller naGary Hollihead, iri mhiri kwenzvimbo yekutandarira.
Nezviitiko zvakatetepa zvakanyanya pasi muAud Dhabi uye zvishoma kuwana kubva nekungofamba famba neguta, hotera ndiyo inokwezva zvikuru yeEmirate, kunyangwe kune avo vasingakwanise kugara imomo. Asi zvese izvo zviri kuda kuchinja pamwe nekusika, kubva pakutanga, kweSaadiyat Island, chirongwa chinoshamisa chinoshuvira icho chinosanganisira dzinotenderedza makumi matatu emahotera matsva, matatu marinas, maviri gorofu makosi uye dzimba dzevanhu zana nemakumi mashanu.
Ichavewo nzvimbo ichangoburwa yemaviri epasirese epasirese epasirese, Guggenheim neLouvre mamuseum, ayo anozotonga nzvimbo yemahombekombe egungwa mazana matanhatu nematanhatu pamwe nenzvimbo yekuratidzira mwaka wa670.
Kunyangwe tembiricha iri pakati nepakati pe45ºC muzhizha, iyo Guggenheim haizoratidze mweya-kutonhodza system. Panzvimbo pezvo, rakagadzirwa nenzira yekuti makona nenzvimbo dzemadziro uye matenga edenga zvinongoerekana zvaifambisa mweya kuburikidza nemakoridho ayo.
Mamwe mapurojekiti anosanganisira Al Reem Island, inozopedzisira yagara vanhu mazana maviri negumi nemazana masere uye ma skyscrapers zana neYas Island, inozoita dunhu reGrand Prix.
Mutengo weSaadiyat chete wakaiswa nevamwe kwakatenderedza mamirioni gumi nemashanu, asi pane chivimbo chakapararira chekuti vanhu vashoma, kana varipo, vanoziva chaizvo mutengo, uye havaite sevanotya.
Makumi mashanu emakore apfuura, Abu Dhabi - guta guru, uye rakapfuma muguta, United Arab Emirates - yaive nevanhu 15,000 vanhu vachizvikotamisa nezviitiko zvechivanhu zveBedouin sekufudza ngamera uye kurima kudiki. Muna 1958, vaongorori veBritish vakawana ingangove yechishanu pasi pese yemafuta akachengeterwa oiri, 90% yaive pasi peAud Dhabi, ichichinjisa kubva mugwenga rinofamba-famba kuita guta rakapfuma skyscraping metropolis.
Chigadzirwa chayo chakawanda (GDP) pamunhu hacho chave chechipiri pakakwirira pasirese pa £ 37,000 uye GDP yayo yose inogona kuwedzera kusvika pa £ 150bn na2025, dhipatimendi rekuronga nehupfumi raAud Dhabi richangobva kuzivisa, zvikuru nekuda kwekushanya, mari dzichangoburwa uye hofori mapurojekiti.
Shanduko yaro yakanyanya kukonzerwa neKudenga Kwake mushakabvu Sheikh Zared Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, uyo, achiongorora kuwanikwa kwake kweEmirate hupfumi husingafungidzike kuburikidza nemafuta, akazivisa chiratidzo chake mukupera kwema1990 kuti Abu Dhabi yaizove yekupedzisira nzvimbo yekuenda kune bhizinesi, mitambo uye nehunyanzvi, pamwe nehusimbe mecca yevanonamata zuva reEuropean.
Kuendesa vanhu ipapo, akatanga nendege yaAud Dhabi, Etihad. Pakusvika, vafambi ava vanowanzoenda kumahotera ane mbiri, ayo ari kuAud Dhabi anoenda akananga kuchinyakare chiArabic pane dhizaini yemazuva ano yeDubai.
Sezvazviri kuitika, kuenzanisa pakati peEmirates mbiri hakuendi pasi zvese izvo zvakanaka muAud Dhabi, iyo yatove nehupfumi hwakawanda uye nekunze inovimba kuti ichave nzvimbo yepamusoro yepamusoro nekukurumidza.
Kubatana neEmirates Palace pakati pehotera dzakanakisa dzeGulf ndiShangri-La kuQaryat Al Beri, ichiri hombe pasina mubvunzo asi ihotera ine runyararo uye isinganetsi ine makamuri akanakisa ane mapindu akazvimirira.
Maresitorendi ayo mana anotangira kubuffet ine matatu mahombe chokoreti matsime, kuburikidza neChinese neVietnamese, kuenda kunzvimbo yekudyira yakanaka yeFrench Bordeau, uko menyu yakapusa ine lobster, foie gras uye Black Angus tenderloin.
Ihotera ine maonero anokatyamadza eSheikh Zared Grand Mosque - mosque wechitatu wepasi rose - uchikwira pamusoro pemvura asi shongedzo yeShangri-La ndiyo Chi spa. Chirevo chayo chekuti "kana uchinge wapinda mune inonzwisisika nzira yekuzvimiririra kubva kune vekunze nyika" inogona kushandiswa kune yakawanda yeAud Dhabi asi makamuri ayo gumi ekurapa ega anoita kuti ive nzvimbo yekudzikama uye yekuzorora.
Hupenyu muAud Dhabi hwachinja kupfuura kuzivikanwa uye itsika diki yeBedouin inosara - ngamera kumhanya uye falconry kuAl Ain, semuenzaniso - zvakagadzirwa. Asi rwendo mupfupi rwunopinda murenje rwakakosha masikati pasina chimwe chikonzero kunze kwerenje safari, umo vatyairi vanopenga vanochaja yavo inopenya 4x4s kumusoro nekudzika padyo-yakatwasuka mirwi yejecha nekupopota kwevatakuri semumhanzi munzeve dzavo.
Kubata snorkelling, kudhizaivha, kusvetuka ndege, kubata hove kana kungozeya kumahombekombe epachivande emahotera anodhura kwazvo inzira dzese dzekushandisa mvura yakajeka yeAud Dhabi nedenga rebhuruu risingaperi, uye mahotera achakotama neshure kuti akubatsire kuronga.
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