It's good to hear a different view from someone with a "yachtsman friend", who appreciates the "affordable domestic help" in Dubai, and "salves his conscience by giving a bigger tip to the Asian waiter or Indian taxi driver".

Please note the context of self-deprecation that accompanies the quote about the tips. The writer is admitting to his own frivolity here.

Duly noted, as are his attempts to trivialize the plight of the slaves upon who's backs Dubai was built.