It's about as safe as any middle-eastern place can be, I guess. I hope you're not going solo. As long as you use the buddy system, you shouldn't have to worry about your safety. There's a lot of wealth there and that tends to keep crime down.
Dubai is not the place to buy imported items. They can get expensive! I stopped in Jabel Ali (just outside of Dubai) on a port call towards the end of '96 and paid the equivilent of about $94 for a copy of MK3 (UMK3?) for the N64.
If you don't mind the color of thier 22k gold(an almost fake looking dark yellow), this is the place to buy it. Cost has gone up, but in '96 you could get a custom made, solid gold watch for about $800.
If you're a smoker, you have to try a biri once. They're tiny cigarrette things, slimmer than Virginia Slims (like little joints, actually), non-filtered, and come in a pack of 25 or 30... dirt cheap. They are super strong (including the smell) and if you smoke it too fast, you can actually see what appears to be tar bubbling out of the end...
Just broke my personal record for number of consecutive days without dying!
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