{"id":1231,"date":"2008-06-11T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T00:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2008-06-11T10:33:02","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T02:33:02","slug":"dubai-desert-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/environment\/dubai-desert-safari-1231","title":{"rendered":"Dubai - desert safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed an afternoon in the desert on my recent trip to Dubai. It was quite touristy, but it was great to get among the sand dunes and the lovely colours of sunset. It brought back memories of the time I lived in Outback Australia some years ago.<\/p>\n<p>There are several companies that do desert safaries from Dubai and they do much the same itinerary. You leave the hotel at about 3:00 and they take you East for about 1 hour in Toyota 4-wheel drives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-743\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-743.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The driver lets the air out of the tires ready for sand dune bashing and then away they go, driving maniacally around the dunes.<\/p>\n<p>They get those Toyotas on some crazy angles - note the one in the top left of this photo:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-720\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-720.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the Toyotas got stuck in the sand, as was the fate of the one on the lower right below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-741\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-741.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The colour of the sand was magic. There are Toyota tyre tracks all over:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-752\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-752.jpg\" width=\"450\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>The effect of wind and a tiny bit of moisture in the desert sands:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-770\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-770.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A French guy getting into the scenery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-760\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-760.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Camels are still an important mode of transport for desert peoples. They are good for camel racing and tourism, too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-779\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-779.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The moon rises over an interesting mix of old and new transport modes. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-783\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-783.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most camels are pretty cranky, but this guy was quite gentle. Last time I rode a camel I cramped really badly, so I declined this time. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-784\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-784.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This guy drew a pretty mean camel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-793\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-793.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is where we had an excellent dinner of local barbecued foods. There was also a belly dancer and I was left wondering how she fits into an Islamic setting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-754\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-754.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I've left the best to last - this is my favourite shot from this set.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Dubai-apr08-749\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-apr08-749.jpg\" width=\"450\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>And so that's the last post on my trip to Greece and Dubai. You can see the other photo spreads in the Dubai series here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/general\/dubai-history-and-culture-1186\">Dubai - history and culture<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/learn-math\/dubai-math-and-science-1199\">Dubai - math and science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/environment\/dubai-frenetic-city-1214\">Dubai - frenetic city<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"alt\">See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/environment\/dubai-desert-safari-1231#comments\" id=\"comms\">2 Comments<\/a> below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/environment\/dubai-desert-safari-1231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"103\" alt=\"Dubai desert safari\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2008\/06\/dubai-thumb.jpg\" width=\"128\" class=\"imgRt\" \/><\/a>If you visit Dubai, take one of the desert safaris. It's well worth it. After a crazy drive through the sand dunes, you can take camel rides and then enjoy a dinner of local delicacies. <\/p>\n<p>For me, it was great to get out into the desert sands again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}