As I said in my last post the country is very different now to what it was 10 years ago. Helped by Dubai struggling and them wanting to take in that money they've relaxed a lot of their laws. You won't be able to pop down the Dog and Duck like you can in most places but it won't be an issue...
Nah....done it ain't I!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8353751.stm
and have since been there a handful of times with work. Very different country now to what it was in 2009 BUT its still going to be an absolute stinker of a world cup IMO.