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Someone asked me how to get to a certain location and I said "Take Exit 38 off Sheik Zayed Raod and....." She looked at me as if I had 2 heads.
She never heard of such thing as "exit numbers" in Dubai. Everyone gives directions off Sheik Zayed Road by refering to a certain interchanbe #, roundabout, or landmark.

Kinda crazy - they could have saved on paint!

By the way, mall of emirates is at exit 39.

Concord wrote:Someone asked me how to get to a certain location and I said "Take Exit 38 off Sheik Zayed Raod and....." She looked at me as if I had 2 heads.
She never heard of such thing as "exit numbers" in Dubai. Everyone gives directions off Sheik Zayed Road by refering to a certain interchanbe #, roundabout, or landmark.

Kinda crazy - they could have saved on paint!

By the way, mall of emirates is at exit 39.

Just after McDonalds.

i know they use exit numbers alot in US, coz numbers are easier to remember. im kinda having the same problem where we have to deliver parcels to a customer based on landmarks. Its a different culture

If dubai is difficult!!! What abt sharjah...Uv got the industrial paints rnd abt, Massa Signal....and the list goes on....

devilsdiciple wrote:If dubai is difficult!!! What abt sharjah...Uv got the industrial paints rnd abt, Massa Signal....and the list goes on....

national paints

devilsdiciple wrote:If dubai is difficult!!! What abt sharjah...Uv got the industrial paints rnd abt, Massa Signal....and the list goes on....

what's that got to do with the topic?

because people are plain stupid in here

^^^ Alternate log-in. Now, who is it? Confess.

try and find out

Concord wrote:

devilsdiciple wrote:If dubai is difficult!!! What abt sharjah...Uv got the industrial paints rnd abt, Massa Signal....and the list goes on....

what's that got to do with the topic?

Well it goes with the topic...Since you were saying they should save paint!!! I just pointed out that at least here Conc for you it is easy since exits are marked unlike sharjah...Hence the ex..

Well thats what it had to do with the topic...


P.S - if it is out of topic my apologies....

cheers

gtmash wrote:

devilsdiciple wrote:If dubai is difficult!!! What abt sharjah...Uv got the industrial paints rnd abt, Massa Signal....and the list goes on....

national paints

Yup...Typo....

Concord wrote:Someone asked me how to get to a certain location and I said "Take Exit 38 off Sheik Zayed Raod and....." She looked at me as if I had 2 heads.
She never heard of such thing as "exit numbers" in Dubai. Everyone gives directions off Sheik Zayed Road by refering to a certain interchanbe #, roundabout, or landmark.

Kinda crazy - they could have saved on paint!

By the way, mall of emirates is at exit 39.

Most taxis don't know the exit numbers also. I used landmarks for instruction and directions.

What to do yani?!

devilsdiciple wrote:

Concord wrote:

devilsdiciple wrote:If dubai is difficult!!! What abt sharjah...Uv got the industrial paints rnd abt, Massa Signal....and the list goes on....

what's that got to do with the topic?

Well it goes with the topic...Since you were saying they should save paint!!! I just pointed out that at least here Conc for you it is easy since exits are marked unlike sharjah...Hence the ex..

Well thats what it had to do with the topic...


P.S - if it is out of topic my apologies....

cheers

got it now - I think.

asc_26 wrote:

Concord wrote:Someone asked me how to get to a certain location and I said "Take Exit 38 off Sheik Zayed Raod and....." She looked at me as if I had 2 heads.
She never heard of such thing as "exit numbers" in Dubai. Everyone gives directions off Sheik Zayed Road by refering to a certain interchanbe #, roundabout, or landmark.

Kinda crazy - they could have saved on paint!

By the way, mall of emirates is at exit 39.

Most taxis don't know the exit numbers also. I used landmarks for instruction and directions.

What to do yani?!

Can't answer for yani (chinese painter Wang Yani ) but I tell people the exit number (and let them figure it out)!

Concord wrote:

asc_26 wrote:

Concord wrote:Someone asked me how to get to a certain location and I said "Take Exit 38 off Sheik Zayed Raod and....." She looked at me as if I had 2 heads.
She never heard of such thing as "exit numbers" in Dubai. Everyone gives directions off Sheik Zayed Road by refering to a certain interchanbe #, roundabout, or landmark.

Kinda crazy - they could have saved on paint!

By the way, mall of emirates is at exit 39.

Most taxis don't know the exit numbers also. I used landmarks for instruction and directions.

What to do yani?!

Can't answer for yani (chinese painter Wang Yani ) but I tell people the exit number (and let them figure it out)!

I'd be hopeless at that. We have exit numbers in Australia but nobody uses them, I am accustomed to using landmarks though.

Pepsi Interchange.
Defence Roundabout.
National Paints Roundabout.

^ian^ wrote:

Concord wrote:

asc_26 wrote:

Concord wrote:Someone asked me how to get to a certain location and I said "Take Exit 38 off Sheik Zayed Raod and....." She looked at me as if I had 2 heads.
She never heard of such thing as "exit numbers" in Dubai. Everyone gives directions off Sheik Zayed Road by refering to a certain interchanbe #, roundabout, or landmark.

Kinda crazy - they could have saved on paint!

By the way, mall of emirates is at exit 39.

Most taxis don't know the exit numbers also. I used landmarks for instruction and directions.

What to do yani?!

Can't answer for yani (chinese painter Wang Yani ) but I tell people the exit number (and let them figure it out)!

I'd be hopeless at that. We have exit numbers in Australia but nobody uses them, I am accustomed to using landmarks though.

Pepsi Interchange.
Defence Roundabout.
National Paints Roundabout.

where is the National Paints Roundabout? - hopefully not between Pepsi Interchange adn Defence Roundabout!

Concord wrote:

^ian^ wrote:

Concord wrote:

asc_26 wrote:

Concord wrote:Someone asked me how to get to a certain location and I said "Take Exit 38 off Sheik Zayed Raod and....." She looked at me as if I had 2 heads.
She never heard of such thing as "exit numbers" in Dubai. Everyone gives directions off Sheik Zayed Road by refering to a certain interchanbe #, roundabout, or landmark.

Kinda crazy - they could have saved on paint!

By the way, mall of emirates is at exit 39.

Most taxis don't know the exit numbers also. I used landmarks for instruction and directions.

What to do yani?!

Can't answer for yani (chinese painter Wang Yani ) but I tell people the exit number (and let them figure it out)!

I'd be hopeless at that. We have exit numbers in Australia but nobody uses them, I am accustomed to using landmarks though.

Pepsi Interchange.
Defence Roundabout.
National Paints Roundabout.

where is the National Paints Roundabout? - hopefully not between Pepsi Interchange adn Defence Roundabout!

Sharjah.

Conc!!! The truth.....Did you really not know National Paints Rndt Abt???

devilsdiciple wrote:Conc!!! The truth.....Did you really not know National Paints Rndt Abt???

not a clue. I've been thru sharjah. Went to the old souk (nice building - like the blue exterior). Looked for the textile souk once - to no avail.

Been lost a couple of times there (while driving thru)...

I prefer the Irish way of directions

You go down the road, turn left at Murpy's Pub (Its actually called the shamrock but Murphy drinks there) turn right at Sean's farm etc etc

sage & onion wrote:I prefer the Irish way of directions

You go down the road, turn left at Murpy's Pub (Its actually called the shamrock but Murphy drinks there) turn right at Sean's farm etc etc

My favourite is Sharjah's cultural square which is on a massive roundabout.

Although it is still very impressive

Concord wrote:where is the National Paints Roundabout? - hopefully not between Pepsi Interchange adn Defence Roundabout!

Emirates road, Dubai-Sharjah border, if there is such a thing.