There aint no place like this...

Continuing Dubai-theme, I will share some pics from the lovely desert of Dubai with you...

One of my dreams are to one day spend some more time in the desert and sleep under the stars.

This time, which was my first visit to the desert ever, was just a couple of hours and to be honest a little bit too touristic, by me and my sweet mamma had a great time anyway:)

We were picked up by our driver with the 4WD Jeep about 16.00 in the afternoon and then headed out, through the heavy traffic of Dubai, to the outskirts, and then finally came closer and closer to the sanddunes of the real desert...

To start of with, there was quite a lot of sandbashing (really a little bit too much, but I suppose they think most tourists love that...) Anyway, it was ok, though we thought at least of of the cars in the Jeep-caravan would turn over, noone did, the drivers must have been very used to driving in deep loose sand...

After 2 quick stops, for sandboarding and visiting a small camelfarm (with opportunities for photographing) we reached our desertcamp. Instead of joining the touristic camelriding and other activities we went for a short walk and found a place of our own where we sat down and just enjoyed the silence and peace of the desert while watching the sunset...

After about an hour the dinner-buffet (arabic style) was ready, and to my surprise it was so good! Before heading back to the bustling city I had some henna painted on my hand, and although it could not compare to the henna I use to make in Morocco, it was very nice:)

So here are some pics, enjoy!

Me laying down in the sanddunes...


Mamma in the sunset...


Camels (or actually dromedars) on the farm...


The dinnertables at the camp...


Aint it lovely..?

Desert-girl...

The boss of the camp...

Over and out!