Liwa Trip - Car Museum

Date: 6 Mar 2009

Liwa is an oasis area in the Abu Dhabi emirate of the United Arab Emirates. It sits right on the edge of the Rub Al Khali (empty quarter), the largest sand desert in the world (ie. there is more sand in this desert than any other). A number of small towns and villages make up the Liwa area. Farms back right up against towering dunes hundreds of meters high. The sand varies in color from golden to red and changes rapidly during sunrise, sunset, and the specific area. There is a substantial palace in the area and a very nice 4 star hotel, the Liwa Oasis Hotel.

On the way to Liwa, we stopped at the Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan (aka The Rainbow Sheikh)'s car museum. It’s a huge warehouse with the Sheikh’s car collection which contains some 200-odd cars, complete with what is probably the largest truck in the world.

Before we enter the museum, we stop at the camels & bird cages on the right hand side of the entrance. They have the biggest pigeons we have ever seen. They are the size of a chicken!

The car museum is in this pyramid shape building

A huge globe on wheels

A huge, 3 storey high " house on wheels"
This is a 11-bedroom villa!
A rusting white mercedes on 5 foot high wheels
The Sheikh's car collection
from all over the world,
back through time to the Model T











There are 4 bedrooms, a kitchen and
a bathroom inside this monster Dodge!

a giant 2 storey high model of
a Land Rover car on stilts
(which is in fact a restaurant)