Camels and sweat

We have made it to camel land after 20 hours on the flight from Auckland. It all went very smooth and we managed to watch a few movies, play some games and even sleep for a little while. We then arrived in Dubai at 6 ish in the morning of the 9th of August ready to see as much as we could- and BOY did we ever. The room wasn't ready when we got to the hotel (which was only a 10 minute ride from the airport) so we went for a little walk to just get the feel of everything. It was mega hot and we didn't find much in the way of shops that were open but we did find a little family of cats that lived under a dumpster. Very cute. The mummy cat told us "meow- welcome to Dubai- have you got some cat food with you?" so we told her no and took a couple of photos of her 4 kittens and left. 2 hours later when we were all settled into the hotel and ready to see some stuff we booked into a city tour that took us to 2 museums- some palaces- the Burj hotel by the sea and we went to see the indoor ski are as well- very trippy stuff and lots to absorb- but also a lot to finish in this town. Most of the new areas have cranes and cones all over the place.

Later on when we had finished the 4 hour tour we went back to the hotel for a quick rest and then we were booked into another tour with the same guide. This time it was time to go out of town a bit and thrash around on the sand dunes in the desert. WHAT A LAUGH!!! There were about 20 jeeps all over the place just going hell for leather all over the dunes and most of the people in our car were cracking up laughing. We stopped a couple of times to take some photos of the sunset and then drove on to the camp where we were to have dinner and some entertainment. The first thing we got to do was to ride on a grumpy old camel called Hiro Hiro then snowboard on the dune- belly dance show and fab food. can't say enuff good things about it but my flight is leaving to go to Paris so we must dash. :) Must finish the Dubai tale later.

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