Dubai challenge No. 20 beach

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Dubai challenge No. 20 beach

I had hoped to do the beach challenge at the weekend, but it rained, which is most unusual for this time of year (one of the guys was saying that 2004, was the last time).

Today after the site meeting, I went to Jumeirah beach (the Burj Al Arab is in the background if you can spot it). This was fraught with two difficulties:

1. Dubai Police frown on single males taking photos on the beach
2. I had to avoid the Jumeirah Janes on the road

Extracted from Please Meet Jumeirah Jane (And Her Filipina Maid)
Allow me, first, to introduce you to Jumeirah Jane. This creature is married, usually with a couple of young children and a husband who works in business and earns a boatload of money. Of course Jane's husband works very long hours and is often away on business, leaving Jane to her own devices. He also leaves her a Platinum American Express card. Or two. I'm sure every major city in the world has their own version of this magnificent specimen. In Melbourne, she'd be found in Toorak. In Dubai she lives in the beachside area known as Jumeirah (hence the name).

Jane lives in an emormous villa with a swimming pool and perhaps a tennis court. She drives a Range Rover (because it's safer) to drop the kids off at school, and a two door Jaguar coupe (because it's sexier) to get to her yoga classes, tennis lessons and hair appointments. When Jane wants to socialise (with others of her kind) during the day, she heads down to the Lime Tree Cafe in, of course, Jumeirah, where she and the other Janes congregate and partake in carrot & beetroot juices (to keep the skin glowing, naturally). Should Jane occasionally (god forbid) indulge in a piece of (organic) lemon slice she'll immediately call Rob, her personal trainer to see if he can squeeze her in for a session that afternoon before the kids get home from school. Because looking good is a full time occupation for Jane and she needs to be able to fit into that new Givenchy dress her husband bought her for the business dinner they're hosting tonight at the villa.

Sounds like a fun life, doesn't it? Jane's got it all. She has to be happy, right? Or maybe not. Maybe she'd give it all up for a husband who not only paid the credit card bills, but who paid her attention. Because statistics show that a number of Janes are actually looking for affection outside of the institution of marriage. In fact, a number of personal trainers (remember Rob?) are claiming that they are involved in affairs with the women of Jumeirah.

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