I've been censored!!!

This is the screen I got when I tried to access the flickr website to upload my latest photos. Apparently, the site "has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates" (click on the pic to enlarge and read the whole text). For the same reason, none of my pics show when I look at my blog from here, and I've had the same messaage with other sites eg skype.

I've discovered downtown Dubai, where I'm getting slightly less ripped off for accomodation - and it definitely doesn't feel like Vegas any more! It's more like an intensified version of Edgware Road in London (sorry if you have no idea where that is). I'm not sure what to make of it yet. The people don't seem as friendly as in Africa, but that might be because I'm less obviously a tourist here. And I'm not too keen on any area where I'm offered 'nice girls' twice in a day.

Being here has made me more determined to make it to Iran sometime in the future. Iran is just across a narrow stretch of water from here, and there are lots of Iranian shops, restaurants, and people to rub in the fact that I didn't make it there.