Abu Dhabi - In the Desert

In the afternoon we went on a desert safari. Our tourguide was a bit grumpy and hardly talked at all; mostly just bellowing orders like: 'camel. 5 minutes. photos'
So this was the 5-minute-camel:

 

 

We then had some 'dune bashing' in other words you drive the dunes up and down and get car sick:

 

However, they didn't succed in getting us car sick enough; we were still able to admire the beauty of the desert:

 

 

Then Mr Grumpy dropped us off at a campsite: 'camel ride first' and left to do what Arabic men do in the desert (God Allah knows what). The camel ride was not what I would call a camel ride. It rather was a circus ride: ride your camel around a pole in a circle of 3 m in diameter.

 

 

 

The rest of the day was much more relaxed. My friend T got a henna tattoo:

 

 

We also had a nice decent Arabic dinner (although they didn't manage to get the barbecue going - not really a bother for a vegetarian though):

 

 

And we also had a Russian girl for belly dancing: