Our trip to the desert

Written by Fiz. (Dan is a lazy ass who takes ages to write or update pictures on this blog...)

Yesterday, we both went on a desert safari and dinner trip. We left the hotel about 3pm and came back about 10pm. What a trip it was. The desert is gorgeous!! Its about an hour drive away from the city and the landscape changes dramatically. Even the sand is of a different colour. (Reddish desert sand is so different from city yellow sand).

We started with a 'rollercoaster' 4 wheel drive through the sand dunes. Highly recommended for adrenalin and shrieks of fun. We stopped at various places for photos and sightseeing. We even stopped to look at the sunset over the desert. Very nice.

After that, we had a sumptuous BBQ dinner right in the middle of nowhere. It was nicely set up, with a very Arabian feel. We rode a camel, smoked some sheesha (sheesha is Arab's version of cigar), watched a belly dancer danced, had henna painted on my arm and met some great people from all over. Met a couple of Irish girls who were here to visit their friend, who is a teacher at my school!! What a small world!!

Here are some pictures taken from my camera phone. There are other great pictures from our camera/video, but thats Daniel's department to upload it here..so bug him for that.




Us against the backdrop below