Fujairah coast

Along the Fujairah coast we passed these quaint souqs selling plants, fruit and veges, carpets and a host of other stuff. It was so colourful and lovely with the mountains and minaret in the backgound.

Touring the Emirates

Damian and I went for a tiki tour around the Emirates and just out of Al Ain the wind came up a bit!! It became very difficult to drive. As you can see, the sand was covering the road and visibility was very low. Luckily the weather cleared further on which was great as it would have been a pain to drive around an see nothing!

for fun....

This appealed to me!! Remember Chloe??

An old fort

The other day Kay and I decided to try and find a short cut through the oasis, to Kay's school from my school. On the way we came across this old fort - hard to believe that it was lived in ages ago. We did get to Kay's school but it was no short cut!! Just heaps of dirt roads and convoluted little streets.
When thinking about the Nationals here, it was only a generation ago that they lived as nomads, and traveled by camel. It is only since the 70's - when oil was found - that things began to change and money came into the Emirate. It is a really old culture, but a very new wealthy country.