Today after lunch, we took our "Sunday Drive" on our Friday. The forecast called for mostly dust and a high of 103. Steve decided to take the scenic route through the Hajar mountains to Fujairah which is on the east coast and borders the Gulf of Oman.
The mountains are not the usual, think moon terrain or above the tree line; barren, desolate and brown.
We saw wild camels eating, mountain goats walking along the road, and almost took out a free roaming donkey!
We passed through an archeological site, Hayl, located in Wadi al-Hayl. It is an area that has ruins that carbon date to 1470a.d. We didnt see actual ruins but we saw the fort that is located on the outcroppings. There are 100's of petroglyphs (engraved pictures) that are thought to date back 1st or 2nd millinneum B.C. Wish we could have seen this, we are going to research more to see about visiting!
The beach has very dark brown sand and small waves.
After returning home, we walked along the plaza where we live, watched a beautiful sunset and ate at Coco's, a metro-cultural restaurant (in other words had every type of food you can imagine)!!
Today after lunch, we took our "Sunday Drive" on our Friday. The forecast called for mostly dust and a high of 103. Steve decided to take the scenic route through the Hajar mountains to Fujairah which is on the east coast and borders the Gulf of Oman.
The mountains are not the usual, think moon terrain or above the tree line; barren, desolate and brown.
We saw wild camels eating, mountain goats walking along the road, and almost took out a free roaming donkey!
We passed through an archeological site, Hayl, located in Wadi al-Hayl. It is an area that has ruins that carbon date to 1470a.d. We didnt see actual ruins but we saw the fort that is located on the outcroppings. There are 100's of petroglyphs (engraved pictures) that are thought to date back 1st or 2nd millinneum B.C. Wish we could have seen this, we are going to research more to see about visiting!
The beach has very dark brown sand and small waves.
After returning home, we walked along the plaza where we live, watched a beautiful sunset and ate at Coco's, a metro-cultural restaurant (in other words had every type of food you can imagine)!!
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That sunset is gorgeous. I wish I was there!
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