Al Ain Overnight trip

We took an overnight trip to Al Ain, about 160 Kilometers from Abu Dhabi, a 2 hour drive that used to take 7 days by camel back in 1962 before the country became oil rich. Sheikh Zayed al Nayan was from Al Ain. It is a desert Oasis town.

Actually the drive is pretty boring, just like driving from Fresno to the Coast, here there are a lot of date palm trees and scrub brush before you get to the Sand. Behind the town is Hafeet Mountain. It is pretty desolate and you can drive to the top. We did and took several pictures along the way, one of Marta totally wore out by the heat, it was only about 104 degrees.

The Hotel we stayed at was nice, a Rotana Hotel, King room very nice and a Trader Vics restaurant where we had Lunch and Dinner on Friday Night. We actually stayed up to almost 11 pm ..wooo hoooo ...late for us old people.

I was so tire when we got home that I slept all afternoon saturday.. We took a lot of pictures, enjoy the albun, click on the link/picture to see all the shots