Part2:Jabel as Sayh(2)
Part3:Acacia Forest
Part4:Khor A'Najd
Date: 23 May 2009
we stopped at the beach again & took some photo
Fishermen and thier fish
Put the fish for drying under the hot sun
We proceed to the checkpoint,winding down the last few miles of the coast road.
From the checkpoint we drove till we reachedthe Ras Al Khaimah cement factory roundabout
Make a U-turn from the roundabout past
the RAK cement factory we turned right onto
the tarmac road, through Wadi Galilah
passed the dam and turned left
and drove for another 3 km
I think we reached the place where the hike andthe pain begins according to our explorer guide book
We didn't climb the mountain for this this was a very long
and extremely dangerous hike that you can imagine
We parked our car just before a couple of
inhabited houses and took some photos of the mountain
The real hike began at a two-storey house
Panoramic view (click to enlarge)
7 comments:
i like first couple pictures that abt the sea :)
but after a while reading these articles...those mountains all look alike =p
nice blog!
nice weather
Hi Via: Sorry...i'm accidently deleted your comment.
According to the book: The mountain areas are still extremely tribal, even retaining the old custom of requesting permission to pass through another tribe's territory in places. Ancient tribes include the Hamous, Bani Shimaili and the Shihu. On this particular route it is the shihu sho have constructed an intricate trail up a vertical rock face. Some of the stairways are masterpieces of stonework, but the xposure is terrific. It's hard to comprehend that this used to be the normal way up to the village on the plateau from the valley.
The hike mainly follows the old Shihu trail up to an inhabited village at around 1100m, then up to the summmit at around 1930m. Part of this trail, which is still occasionally used by people living the the village, heads up a 200m roack wall. This wall involves some rock climbing and considerable exposure-definately not for the faint-hearted.
Kikey: I love the sea view too.
Fufu: yes..they all look alike.
Renaye: Thanks
Sock Peng: it was very hot..about 45C
荒山野岭
吃什麼呢
沒關係，也不好意思一直麻煩你寄明信片啦，還是謝謝你
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