Photos: 1) Campsite and 2) Looking down on the same campsite from the top of a dune. One of our best vacations ever was camping in the Liwa Desert with friends a few hours outside of Abu Dhabi. According to Wikipedia, the area known as the Empty Quarter “is one of the largest sand deserts in the world, […]
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Wanderfood Wednesday: Eating in the UAE
Photos: Dates, friendly waiter, homemade pita bread, vegetable plate, stuffed vine leaves, hummus and falafel. Usually, food plays a big part in our vacation planning. It is so important to our enjoyment that there are countries we no longer visit because we just don’t care for the local cuisine. When considering the UAE, our focus […]
Exploring Old Dubai
Photos are of Gold Souk, Spice Souk, Dubai Creek, and city wall. The day after we returned from our desert camping trip in Abu Dhabi, we hitched a ride with our friend, who was travelling to another Emirate on business, and spent a couple of days in Dubai. Most of what I had read about Dubai focused on […]