I think you call it "a day from hell". It started off okay, a van ride 90 kilometers away...
We stopped at the worlds third largest mosque ( they are big on big around here), then off to see the city museum. The land is more fertile here in the capital of the UAE, with palaces built by the aqua Persian Gulf, and many embassies.
We had lunch, saw Ferrari world the worlds largest indoor amusement park( here we go again...it was big). Then started the leisurely drive back to Dubai.
The skies turned ominous quickly. The rain came and our driver pulled off the road. Puzzled, our tour guide said "it was for our safety". Next, trees everywhere began to snap like match sticks. Our tour director began to cry as she had never seen it rain like this before. She moved here 20 years ago from Egypt.
Our driver took our van with 7 of us toward Dubai when we hit the traffic on the highway. We waited 3 hours while the six lanes of traffic on our side sat. Before long it was pure chaos. Buses and cars taking off the road into the deser with no roads anywhere in sight. Our van driver ( who didn't speak English, never said a word...just inched our van forward. We finally made it to an intersection to Oman (120 kilometers away). We took it and rode approximately 10 minutes until we saw the snaking red lights ahead. For another 4 hours we sat on the highway. Now it is complete mayhem...
Throughout all of this we never saw a police person assisting or directing the traffic. It was every man, woman, and child for themselves! We had a great group that never whimpered (I might have cussed one or twice). Our trusty van driver crept along (yes sometimes in the sand) passing trucks and cars on the right side until we made it back to dazzling Dubai!
Early wake up call tomorrow as we are off to Kenya! Stay tuned 😉
We stopped at the worlds third largest mosque ( they are big on big around here), then off to see the city museum. The land is more fertile here in the capital of the UAE, with palaces built by the aqua Persian Gulf, and many embassies.
We had lunch, saw Ferrari world the worlds largest indoor amusement park( here we go again...it was big). Then started the leisurely drive back to Dubai.
The skies turned ominous quickly. The rain came and our driver pulled off the road. Puzzled, our tour guide said "it was for our safety". Next, trees everywhere began to snap like match sticks. Our tour director began to cry as she had never seen it rain like this before. She moved here 20 years ago from Egypt.
Our driver took our van with 7 of us toward Dubai when we hit the traffic on the highway. We waited 3 hours while the six lanes of traffic on our side sat. Before long it was pure chaos. Buses and cars taking off the road into the deser with no roads anywhere in sight. Our van driver ( who didn't speak English, never said a word...just inched our van forward. We finally made it to an intersection to Oman (120 kilometers away). We took it and rode approximately 10 minutes until we saw the snaking red lights ahead. For another 4 hours we sat on the highway. Now it is complete mayhem...
Throughout all of this we never saw a police person assisting or directing the traffic. It was every man, woman, and child for themselves! We had a great group that never whimpered (I might have cussed one or twice). Our trusty van driver crept along (yes sometimes in the sand) passing trucks and cars on the right side until we made it back to dazzling Dubai!
Early wake up call tomorrow as we are off to Kenya! Stay tuned 😉
Glad you are safe!!
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