Friday, July 11, 2014

Dune Bashing

Last night we had another new experience!  Dune Bashing!  We got picked up by our tour guide at about 5:00 pm in a white Land Cruiser and transported to the desert off the Oman-Dubai highway.  We made a quick stop at a supermarket along the road to let about 1/2 of the air out of the tires....for better traction in the sand.

                

       

                                                      

In a few minutes we were zooming up and down, on top and around huge dunes in the desert.  There were 6 tourists and the driver In the Land Cruiser...fortunately no one got sick!  There were quite a few other Land Cruisers out there, crashing and careening, slipping and sliding around in the sand.  Quite exciting!  And quite amazing that no one flipped over.




       

 

     We did see one Land Cruiser parked off to the side with a couple of people loosing their lunch!


        Just to get a little perspective!



The sand was beautiful...red and rippled in the hot sun drenched afternoon.  We made one stop to take some pictures and catch our breath.  Very fun.  It was difficult to take good pictures to show the angles and degrees that we climbed and spun around in...just too fast and too bumpy to get the perspective.




          Was pretty windy!  Ruined my do...


When that part of our adventure was over, we got back on the road and headed for a little mini town replica in the desert for the evening.  

We rode camels...





Took pictures in typical Islamic clothing...

         

                                       

          

Enjoyed a wonderful colorful dance by a local...

    
  Tho the pictures don't do it justice...it really was quite well done and artistic.


Chatted with this man and his falcon....


And partook in a great Arab BBQ...



    Sitting on a pillow to eat looks and sounds exotic...but it is not very comfortable, at least for the      
    Inexperienced!


    Pay the big bucks and you get your own room!

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