At the end of our street is a hotel that's under construction, the Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina.

All along they've been saying it would open in January 2008.

And as we were leaving for home, it looked nowhere near done.

Now they've officially announced it'll be ready for guests as of June 1, 2008.

Huh.

Anyway it's a five-star resort with 294 rooms next to the Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina. Here is some art of what it's supposed to look like when finished ...