How many wives have you got?

"Some residents are reluctant to reveal information about the number of their wives and their ages for the ongoing census...".

This is a quote from an article published in the local paper yesterday. I'm happy to say that we didn't have this problem with the enumerator who called around about 10 days ago. Instead, we encountered communication issues I never thought we'd have in this city populated with 80% of expats.

We had an entertaining 10 minutes or so trying to understand the questions being asked and giving our answers to the official who only spoke fluent Arabic and not a single word of English.

Let's just say we were all relieved when the official closed his file. As he prepared to leave he shook our hands, said 'Shukran' (Thank You in Arabic), then gave Gypsy Boy a kiss on the forehead!

Yes, another all around amusing Dubai experience.