Today we went out early to the desert before the heat would get to us to do some 4x4ing on some sand dunes named "Big Red". When Kacey, Nadine and I got out there it ended up only being me on the quad. At first I was a little tentative, but as the ride went on I had a little more fun, taking jumps of smaller dunes and doing doughnuts on the slopes. It became really hot, really fast. My ride started at 10:00am and ended about half an hour later and I was exhausted. But, fortunately, I had enough energy to hoist myself onto a camel for a short ride with Kacey in the "front" seat.
I don't think either of us had enough water yesterday because we were sort of feeling a little lethargic today. We spent the rest of the day lazing around and not doing much. Yesterday, and the day previous, we visited the Jumeriah Beach Club (as guests of a friend of Nadine's), which adjoins the Burj al Arab hotel. It's has 3 or four pools, some waterfalls, a health club, a sailing club and so on. There weren't many people there and we plan to go tomorrow to hopefully have the run of the place again.
All for now.
Posted by graham at April 2, 2003 06:51 AMLife sounds rough,Where is the post card that says "Wish you were here" Love Mom D
Posted by: Mom D on April 2, 2003 09:21 AMFor those who haven't seen the Burj Al Arab hotel in real life... like me, here is a website http://www.jumeirahinternational.com/baa/a.htm
Posted by: Mike on April 2, 2003 11:55 AMToday's weather report: (from the paper)
Hot, with blazing sun.
Posted by: Graham on April 2, 2003 07:08 PM