Desert Safari! Sir Bani Yas Island Part 1

Momma Cheetah and her child! The mother was panting, because they just caught a Gazelle to eat! It was unreal!
Beautiful picture.
Chad before the tour started...
Enjoying a drink at the bar...
The washroom sign! Thought you would like this one!

Helicopter Training

Naomi and I had to complete "Helicopter training" because we are both hoping to go offshore to see the oil rig sites. We were given these orange jail-like jump suits, an booties, we had a lot of fun!
Here is the helicopter. The goal of this training is to try and simulate what it would be like if a helicopter crashed. After 2 hours learning in the classroom, we hit the water! Notice, the black circle, that is for when it spins upside down in the water. You cannot release your seatbelt right away, as you will float to the top!
Naomi and I before the helicopter submersion!
Naomi and I got the windows put in, so we actually had to break threw them before escaping. Pretty awesome!

Beautiful ladies on the JBR walk.
Us enjoying the breeze at 360. A bar in the middle of the water with a 360 view of dubai!
At the arabic souk!
HOUKA pipes gallore!!!!
Beautiful picture at the arabic souk.

Darlene before we enter the mosque!
The jumeriah mosque, they have a tour called "open doors, open minds" We enjoyed the mosque tour, it was very interesting.
Enjoying some sheesha on the desert tour!
Chad and I dressed up as locals!
Very cute picture on the desert!

CANADIAN Visitos from Thompson and BC!!!

Can we pass as locals??
We all got Henna tattoos which turned out beautiful!
Dianne and Darlene on their first camel ride!
Dianne was not afraid at all to pet this camel. She would have taken it home with her, if we could have fit it in the car!
Ski Dubai!!! These ladies are used to the snow, and were very impressed.

Desert camping ctd....

Naomi is one of my partner at crimes at my work! She is such a fabulous lady! Here we are representing the stripes!
View from the boat....
More water pics!
Chad and I hanging onto our boat.
This was unbelievable. Our tour guide was explaining why they call some fish banana fish, and chicken fish... Literally... if you threw a piece of banana in the water the fish would come and eat it like crazy. This was in one area of the ocean, then when we arrived at another area, if you threw chicken in the water they ate it within 30 seconds. Unreal. I tried giving a piece of banana to a chicken fish... they didnt bite. ahah

Desert camping

A bunch of us from Dubai got together, to have an adventure in Oman DESERT camping. It was a great weekend, which is about 2.5 hour drive from Dubai. We went on a Dhow Cruise around Musandam, Oman, and this picture shows some Dolphins which were chasing our boat.
Chad and I enjoying the view. The water is stunning, and the mountains too! There was definitely no snow on these mountains.
The group snorkeling. We were the party animals of our boat.
OUR NEW CAR!!!!! a PAJERO!!! Its that white, 4 x 4 which is amazing driving in the sand! We are very proud owners. haha Not to mention, there is a cool box to keep drinks...
Cooking our food on the camp fire. And yes, the desert does get cold at night. It gets to be about 12 degrees... toque worthy out here... haha