Sunday, July 26, 2009

Trip to Al Ain









The sand dunes are spectacular, much prettier and more interesting than I ever dreamed.






The sides of the highway are all lush and green with underground power but just a few metres beyond the green are the sand dunes.














We were warned

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Money in the desert

Wouldn't you think, if you could afford to build this house


In this environment

You could also afford a decent spell checker?



Thursday, July 23, 2009

Now for the important stuff


Yeah it does not taste like that nasty American coke either.

what is this chicken doing in our hotel room?


Bert went shopping in Dubai. I guess he misses our pet chickens but I don't think we will be getting a reliable source of eggs from this guy, he looks a little, well... stuffed.