Sunday

Mission impossible: getting from “A” to “B”

Traffic in Dubai
Before moving here, I read and heard a lot about the horrible situation. But not even in my worst nightmare I saw this. First of all, there is no public transportation (yet). There are some buses but never on time. And even if they come, they are just fully packed. The first few seats are reserved for women but not the gangway. So how to get home if not by public transportation? Well, just catch a taxi. As simple it is, isn’t it? Me, naive girl, I thought I just call up the taxi station and order for one. But these numbers are always engaged. And even if they answer and say we’ll be there in an hour, they never turn up. So what to do? Try to catch a taxi yourself. So you are standing on the road waving to all the taxis, but they just don’t stop. Most of them have a passenger, the others just don’t fancy you. Or God knows…
Actually I see the point why it’s not possible to order a cab in this traffic. It is just simply not worth to the driver. By the time he would get there, he could have made another few lifts.
So we’ve spent ages trying to catch a taxi. Really, you Guys won’t believe it, just like I didn’t believe it myself, but usually catching a taxi takes us a minimum of 1 hour. We are trying to come out with different techniques, but haven’t found the right one yet. :)
Oh, and why I am not driving a car myself? Coz I am just not allowed to. And its driving me crazy! With my resident visa I am not allowed to use my international license, only with a visit one I could. I have to go through all the procedures again and pass the driving test.
Moreover there is another 2-3 months of waiting list at the driving schools. And most people fail, even if they’ve been driving for years before. I guess they just don’t wanna increase the traffic.
Pedestrians in Dubai - In this weather you still can walk. But there are hardly any zebra crossings, pedestrian signals and many times not even pavements. And these roads are usually 3-4 lane roads. Still it is not as scary as it sounds. As there are traffic jams everywhere, you can easily cross the road.
I'm just wondering how tourists survive in this city. Spending half of their holidays in the car. I don’t wanna scare you Guys. Do come and visit me and the city.


A lehetetlen kuldetes – juss el a varos egyik felerol a masikra
azaz a dubai kozlekedes

Mielott Dubaiba koltoztem, hallottam mar sok cifra dolgot az itteni kozlekedesrol. De meg legszornyubb remalmaimban sem lattam, hogy ez ilyen is lehet. Eloszor is olyan, hogy tomegkozlekedes lenyegeben nem letezik. Ugyan neha felbukkan egy-egy busz a megalloban, de tuti, hogy nem a menetrend szerint. Es ha meg jonnek is, akkor sincs eselyed felszallni ra, mivel teljesen tomve van. A nok csak az elso par sorba ulhetnek, a hatso resz a ferfiaknak van fenntartva. Tehat hogyan is erjunk haza ha nincs tomegkozlekedes? Hat fogj egy taxit. Egyszeru, nem…? En kis naivan azt hittem, hogy majd hivok egyet, ahogy ezt otthon szoktuk. De a taxi allomas vonalai mindig foglaltak. Ha veletlenul fel is veszik es rendelsz egyet, akkor meg csak varsz es varsz… es siman nem jonnek el. Tehat a kerdes meg mindig marad – hogyan jussunk haza egy hosszu faraszto nap utan? Add fel a nyugati konfortot, menj ki magad az utcara, es fogj ott egy taxit, ha annyira haza akarsz menni. Szoval kimegy integetni a taxiknak, akik vagy utassal mennek, vagy csak siman nem allnak meg. Volt mar olyan is, hogy megallt, megkerdezte hova megyunk, es gyorsan elhajtott – o ugyanis nem akarja a dugoban vesztegetni az idejet, marpedig arra az van…
Szoval addig integetunk, mig valaki meg nem all. Tenyleg nem hiszitek el, de altalaban egy oraba telik, mire verge felvesz valaki. Pedig nagyon hevesen probalom lobogtatni szoke hajamat – azt mondtak az segit, de nem. :)
Valojaban ertheto, hogy nem lehet taxit rendelni hazhoz ebben az orult forgalomban. Egyszeruen nem erne meg a taxisoknak. Mire odaernek, mar egy jopar masik fuvart lerendezhetnenek.
Miert nem vezetek en magam? No ez az, ami megorit – ha rezidens vizumod van, nem fogadjak el se a nemzetkozi se a magyar jogsit. Persze a legtobb europait, beleertve a szlovakot es a lengyelt is elfogadjak, de mi meg nem harcoltuk ki. Ez olyan magyaros, nem? Szoval kezdhetem az egeszet elorol: orvosi vizsgalat, kresz, rutin, stb. Persze csak egy jo par honap mulva, mivel egy 2-3 honapos varolista van. Es a legtobb embert meghuzzak. Egyreszt, hogy penzt csinaljanak ebbol is, masreszt, mert mar igy is tul sok a kocsi az utakon. Hallottam valakirol, akinek 4000 dirhamjaba azaz kb. 170 000 forintba kerult, mire megszerezte.
Gyalogosan Dubaiban – jarda az nem nagyon van, de homok annal tobb a patkan kivul… Zebra se nagyon van, de gyalogos jelzolampa se. Az utak 3-4 savosak altalaban. No ezen kell atkelni. Ugyan felelmetesen hangzik, de dugoban siman at lehet setalni.
Valojaban csak azon gondolkodom, hogy elik meg a turistak azt, hogy a nyaralasuk felet a kocsiban a dugoban kell tolteniuk. Ezzel persze nem akarok senki lebeszelni arrol, hogy meglatogasson, de ide csak egy hetvegere senki ne akarjon jonni.

4 comments:

... said...

Hi dear, you are right.. it is hard to find a proper transportation system in Dubai currently due to the booming increase in the population and lack of caps and buses.. However, in the future the Metro could hopefully reduce this problem as it would cover all Dubai in fast way and with reasonable costs (AED 5 - 10 - 15).
For you i think you will get your driving license and definitely forget this problem.
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... said...

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