Choc+coffee Cupcakes

Nepalese food @ Kathmadu Restaurant

Date: 23 Oct 2009

Their menu
Momo Chicken
Momo Fried
Thali Mutton
Thali Chicken
Soup "Gunduruk ko jhole

Off-road Wadi Hayl

Part1: Wadi Sidr/Sana
Part2: Wadi Tabiyyah & "Grand Canyon"

Date: 16 Oct 2009

After lunch we continue to visit another wadi nearby
Wadi Hayl - a short drive west Fujairah

Al Hayl Fort
one of the finest old forts in the UAE
The guard posing for me
Watch tower
Paronamic view from the top of Al Hayl Fort
The wadi and mountains surrounding the fort
At the end of the day after check into the hotel
we let the kids play at the beach
and later we have dinner at Al Arayish Restaurant

Mosque at Khor Fakkan

F1 Fan Zone in Abu Dhabi

Date: 26 Oct 2009

Bring the kids out to the F1 Fan Zone yesterday

Entrance to the Fan Zone
Beautiful cars





Grand Prix racing pod simulators and Ferrari simulators
YT & JW playing at Kids zone

Off-road: Wadi Tayyibah & "Grand Canyon"

Part1: Wadi Sidr/Sana

Date: 16 Oct 2009

Continue from Wadi Sidr/Sana
turn right to Masafi Highway and after 1.4km
turn right again to Al Hala village to Wadi Tayyibah

This route is part of an old road that used
to link Dubai to the east coast
Sections of disintegrating tarred highway are still
visible in places and surrounded by the green of
plantations and fruit trees
mountains near the village of Tayyibah

Back to Masafi Highway via Wadi Tayyibah
and we decide to visit the "Grand Canyon" too
View from the top of the hill near to the main road.
Various deep, narrow gorges with terraced cultivation
Panoramic view of "Grand Canyon"
We explore the narrow wadis too

Then follow by lunch at Masafi Town

Off-road: Wadi Sidr/Sana

Date: 16 Oct 2009

This in an interesting alternative route to the east coast
from the village of Al Ghail on Wadi Sidr/Sana.

Start our journey at 7.30am
after 1.5hours drive, we reached Al Dhaid, Sharjah.
We stop for breakfast at Al Dhaid Restaurant
Our breakfast
After breakfast we look for the signpost to Al Ghail
and from there we drive to the village of Al Ghail
Al Ghail Village
from the mosque we keep to the left head straight
on the track pass the water tower
In the wadi bed (Wadi Al Fara)...continue driving
a small graveyard on our left at Wadi Al Fara
continue driving....to Wadi Sidr
Donkey at Wadi Sidr
Wadi Sidr lined with plantations
continue straight along the wadi,
pass several groups of houses and a dam

Houses at Wadi Sidr
Wadi Sidr Dam
Children walk to the mosque for praying
After the dam and continue on the new tarmac road,
heading straight along Wadi Sidr

Camel posing at the road side
pass through the mountain and the tarmac road
ends in a village near a small shop.

Back to the track road
Camel on the track road
Continue on this track
the fertile little valley on our left
up the hill between the road and along the ridge above
the fertile little valley on our left. Continue climbing until
we reach the plateau on top of the hill
View from the plateau
some "kodak" moment at the plateau
continue downhill to the valley bottom
quite steep and rough in places
The village of Sana from far
Reach Sana Village we drive on the tarmac road
to meet up the Dibba-Masafi road.