Skylines

I have been fighting with Etisalat again, but that is another story and a different posting. But I do have a comment that relates in part to them. The Abu Dhabi skyline is particularly noticeable for some absences - for a start there are rarely any clouds, we got some of our first for the autumn season the other day and it was a welcome relief to the various monotones of grey to blue that we usually get. But just below that level there is one truly noteworthy absence. Powerlines (and telephone lines)! There are no power poles or telephone poles with unsightly cable hanging overhead. I've lived in Japan so I know all about visual pollution from utility companies. Here I am pleasantly surprised, and indeed delighted by their absence. Instead we find in parks and along the road little yellow blocks denoting the location of underground cables.  Now there are some  major transmission lines skirting the periphery of the city, you know the giant towers, but the local smaller versions are thankfully absent.  Nice one.