Dunebashing!!!

This weekend we played tourists and went on an excursion...dunebashing!!! It was a half day event by Orient Travel called "Desert Wonder". Anybody who decides to come visit, this will be a must to do again. We were picked up at 3pm and returned about 830. Our driver was awesome!! We met up with a fleet of other drivers; mostly land cruisers and one hummer. Each car was filled with 5-6 people. We met a couple from New Jersey and Michigan. In our car, we had a newlywed Asian couple who spoke no English.

Our driver's name was Noufa. When we got to the desert he stopped to take the tire pressure from 42psi to 16psi so it is easier to drive in the sand.
It was a hazy, dusty day...108 degrees.
When we would make turns or slide down a hill, we were sandblasted!!
He drove us up and over big dunes...it felt like roller coaster!

Drew said, "I feel like a bobble-head!"

One car completely lost a tire off the rim and had to put a new one on. It was probably a good thing we stopped because the lady in the turquoise shirt was getting extremely car sick.

While we were waiting, the kids wore themselves out climbing the big sand dunes.
We went to a base camp where there was camel riding, henna painting, sand boarding, sheesha smoking, and a desert BBQ.
Jacob had a celtic design put on his arm with henna. It will last about a week.
Drew had a cobra, and I had an Arabic design put on my ankle.
I tried a double grape sheesha...it was ok, not something I would do often. Steve loves it!
Jacob did a great job sand boarding. Drew just tumbled down the hill for fun.
Jacob and I did the camel ride.
We posed in local attire...Amber, this one is for you!! (Thinking about making this our Christmas card:)
Falconry is a big hobby here also.
For the BBQ, there were hamburgers, chicken and lamb chops along with salad, rice and potatoes. The drivers are also the chefs. After sunset they served Arabic sweets, wine, beer and coffee.
We had some very worn out kids on the way home.