27th February
Another Visa Run………
Booked for the guys to go on the Desert Safari with Jaffar…..he has done really well out of us being here! And he did not disappoint….excellent time was had by all, although I wonder how many times mum would have tried to brake for him!!!
So CJD and I hit the road early afternoon to head to Oman to get our new 60 day visas. It was a pretty warm day but the wind really got up……the air filled with sand and it was like a sandstorm! Apparently lots of people had cancelled the desert safari! But we pressed on, taking photos this time…..camel signs, wadi signs…..dunes, camels etc etc…. Stood in the border control for ages waiting to be processed…no one ever seems to be in a hurry there……….so started to journey back to Dubai around 4pm!
On the way back to big red, the wind seemed to have dropped…..we checked on the time and there was no way we would get back to work…..5:15…..not even at the dubai rush hour yet….so CJD and I decided to have a go at the quadding…….I miss my CB600F and really needed a fix of something, so in we went for a price!!! 150DHS 1/2hour on the bikes!!! COOL! Was such fun…..donuts, bobbing up and down on the dunes, nearly wiping out on the steep sides of the dunes…..it was great….the guy came out to us and asked if we wanted to go up BIG RED!!!! YEAH!!!!
Big red is a VERY BIG sand dune. It is reputed to be over 300ft high and the sand is a glowing orange/red colour…..proper Cadburys flake advert type of place!!!! Apparently you can board down the dune….it certainly looked steep enough from the top!!! CJD and I raced up to the top for a fantastic view and the raced straight down up and over some smaller dunes….totally loving it!!! Some 4x4s started to arrive so we went back to the quad enclosure which seemed somewhat safer! Even so nearly wiping out AGAIN on the smaller dunes!!....
After dismounting with the biggest grins ever, we took a wander over to the camels they had out the back…….such a cute baby camel, I think you will agree……didn’t fancy riding it….maybe next time….must do it so I can cross it off the list! ;-)
They also had a Bird…I think it was a Falcon….totally stunning. We both stood posing while holding this thing…..they then fed it! Its food……..erm……..well,…….it was still flapping its wings…I think it was a quail…..he fed it while I photographed it…..’Sam, your not going to photograph it actually feeding are you…….you know its food is alive”, ‘yeah, I know……I am trying not to react…….lets go” hahahahaha it didn’t eat while we were there, but it was still weird watching it ‘hunt’ its prey!!! Didn’t want any gory shots!

totally tired from our exploits we trudged back into the traffic and back to Dubai……..another first to be crossed off our list!!!!!


Must also mention that the Pancake tossing pics were because we actually remembered shrove Tuesday!!!!!! YUMMY!!!