Hatta & Wild Wadi

The Rugged Mountains of Hatta and the Wild Wadi, which is a stream bang in the middle of these natural mountains which is one of the attractions around Dubai. Since we'd read so much about it, as a popular picnic spot, we did the 110kms drive across the Oman border, to visit these mountains. Not worth the drive really! The terrain is rough, completely devoid of any kind of vegetation and the drive quite steep & nauseous, at times.Right at the top, there's a dam constructed to avoid flash floods as well, though completely dry!

Back from Atlantis

This is while returning back from the Atlantis. They have a short monorail trip for visitors till Jumeirah Palm residences.It was 1 week trip in mid-Oct. Unlike our previous drive-around & discover trips, this was a little different. We were at the mercy of friends and cabbies. First learning - people drive right lane, unlike us here. When a cabbie warned of 'heavy traffic' ahead, we kept waiting for all hell to break loose, honking, rows of cars - but no drama at all ! Just a couple of extra cars! Dubai has a fascination of 'owning' everything that is a little 'larger than life' - literally - they have the worlds biggest malls, cinemas, building, hotel etc etc....hmm a bit too much of everything !