Our flight home was scheduled for 21:30 so we had almost an entire day to either waste or get in some last minute sightseeing, even taking into account that it would be a 2 hour drive to the Dubai airport from our hotel. As you might have expected Nina decided on the sightseeing and I decided to laze around in the hotel.

Todays guide was a Swedish lady named Julia who is living in the UAE with her Swedish husband and 2 children. We would eventually find out quite a lot about why the family moved here and with some some interesting observations about life in Sweden vs life in UAE. But the main part of the day was taken up seeing some of the spectacular sights in this city driven by Julia's enthusiasm and Nina's curiosity.

Another day of moving locations. This time a 2 hour car ride from the desert resort to Traders Hotel in Abu Dhabi. The hotel is located on a protected water way called Khor Al Maqtaa and provides a small white sandy beach onto this water way.

When we went out this morning we found this (first photo) greeting on the front door step. Very playful of someone. The first set of photos are to remind us of the tone of the resort.

Today we moved locations. From our hotel in Dubai we travelled 3.5 hours by car south past Abu Dhabi and inland to a desert resort called QSAR AL SARAB. Before departing Nina went for one of her early morning walks and from this contributed a single photo to todays collection. The drive itself certainly underscored the UAE's investment in infrastructure, the roads are first class and high speed (140km/h speed limit), massive long distance electrical wires, and a number of power stations and water desalinations plants to be seen.