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Day 4 - Trip to Al Ain๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ•Œ

Chop etilgan: 07.06.2017

Today we started early in the morning with our guide Abu and a nice couple (also from the east of Munich... the world is a village ๐Ÿ˜„) after a delicious breakfast heading towards Al Ain. Al Ain is known as the greenest city of the Emirate.

First stop after a 1.5-hour drive was the Al Ain Palace Museum, which used to be the residence of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan (the 'Bin' in the name of the Sheikhs means 'son of'). Since 2003, you can admire the buildings and gardens. Even his first 'state car' is standing in the courtyard: a British Land Rover ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿšœ

Next stop: Al Ain Oasis

A shady forest of date palms, many palm trees, and a watercourse running through the oasis. A worker climbed to the top of the palm tree right in front of our eyes. Secured only by a wide rubber band. Well, I wonder what the Occupational Health and Safety would say about that ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Šย 

Next stop: Al Jahili Fort

Across the parking lot next to the oasis is a fortress. Here we visited an exhibition by Wilfred Thesigner. An adventurer and friend of Sheikh Zayed... ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜„ especially the rooms were air-conditioned! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Next stop: 1,249 meters highย 

On the monolith Jebel Hafeet, we enjoyed the view of the southern oasis and Al Ain city ๐Ÿ˜Š the way there: a well-built two-lane road, a car coming towards us, 18 'Warning' signs... probably it was because of the winding course - as we then learned, built by German companies, to be precise Cologne - got it: so that you can sway better ๐Ÿ˜‚

Last stop: Al Ain Camel Market

The most beautiful visit today (at 44ยฐC) - a huge camel market where camels are offered for sale. For races and collections of the sheikhs (prices of up to 200,000 euros are not uncommon) but also for slaughter ๐Ÿ˜”

Right after our arrival, we were pampered by a merchant to take photos with his camels. Including a two-day-old baby ๐Ÿ˜™ great animals, a bit unusual in smell ๐Ÿคฅ but very majestic giants!ย 

The exchange Michaela for camels was a flop - so we bought three ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Then we went back to the hotel - all in all, a great day!!!!ย 

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Javob