{"id":126912,"date":"2021-08-29T12:24:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T19:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/exploring-dubais-empty-13-billion-man-made-islands"},"modified":"2021-08-29T12:24:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T19:24:18","slug":"exploring-dubais-empty-13-billion-man-made-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/exploring-dubais-empty-13-billion-man-made-islands","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Dubai\u2019s Empty $13 Billion Man-Made Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/exploring-dubais-empty-13-billion-man-made-islands2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IFXm5E27dlM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>*BLACK FRIDAY DROP Out Now*: <a href=\"http:\/\/seek-discomfort.com\/yes-theory\">http:\/\/seek-discomfort.com\/yes-theory<\/a>.<br \/> This week only, with every purchase about $35, you\u2019ll get a Free Seeker necklace.<\/p>\n<p>The World Islands. A collection of 300 man-made islands built off the coast of Dubai to resemble an outline of the EARTH FROM THE SKY\u2026 Yet, after $13 billion was spent to complete them they\u2019ve mostly been sitting there empty\u2026 I couldn\u2019t believe this place actually existed.<\/p>\n<p>So as a first stop on my trip I flew to Dubai to understand what happened and what their future holds\u2026 What are your thoughts? Amazing or too crazy of an idea?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyDubai\">@MyDubai<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VisitDubai\">@VisitDubai<\/a> for helping us get in touch with the creators of these islands and for letting us go out to see the restricted areas.<\/p>\n<p>Who are we?<br \/> We believe that life\u2019s greatest moments and deepest connections exist outside of your comfort zone.<\/p>\n<p>We have a 2nd channel! Make sure to subscribe to it here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/exploring-dubais-empty-13-billion-man-made-islands\">Continue reading \u201cExploring Dubai\u2019s Empty Billion Man-Made Islands\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*BLACK FRIDAY DROP Out Now*: http:\/\/seek-discomfort.com\/yes-theory. This week only, with every purchase about $35, you\u2019ll get a Free Seeker necklace. The World Islands. A collection of 300 man-made islands built off the coast of Dubai to resemble an outline of the EARTH FROM THE SKY\u2026 Yet, after $13 billion was spent to complete them they\u2019ve [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}