On Tuesday 2nd May Shady had to travel to a hospital around 100 km south of Abu Dhabi because of his work and he took me there with him. We left Abu Dhabi in the morning and we got to the Al Gharbia hospital around 10am. We were driving next to salt flats. Shady spent around 5 hours working and I waited for him inside the hospital. Most local women wore niqabs and I wore a sleeveless T-shirt and a knee-length skirt. Few women beckoned to me but otherwise nobody paid attention to me. There was a restaurant in the hospital where people from South East Asia worked. I tried to walk outside the hospital but the temperature reached 42°C that day in the shadow and in the parking lot it was 50°C. I literally felt how my nose was burning from breathing hot air so I had to return to the air-conditionned hospital.
When Shady finished working we had a lunch in the restaurant in the hospital. We ordered rice and meat. Then we drove to the Liwa oasis. There were many palms trees and sand dunes. Shady's car got stuck in the sand and I had to push it out while it was so hot that I slightly burnt my hands when I touched it. Shady thought there was a lake in this oasis but we couldn't find it.
Then we started sliding down the dune but the sand made humming sound which I found sinister and I ran down quickly. Then we drove back to Abu Dhabi and we saw herds of camels on our way.
On Wednesday I slept till noon and Shady picked me up in the afternoon and we went to the beach where we spent around 2 hours. The beach was closing at sunset and everybody had to get out of the water. Then we went to eat shawarma with French fries and it was very tasty.
On Thursday Shady took me to the beach around 1pm and he went back to work. I spent there all afternoon but I got a bad sunburn despite putting a lot of sunscreen. The sun was already very strong in Emirates in May and I spent at least 3 hours on the beach. It was around 38°C that day. I got a lot of unwanted attention on the beach as I was a single woman and I had to talk with several guys while one of them even bought me some juice. Then Shady picked me up and we went to spend my last night in Emirates in a hotel in Dubai. I had pizza with seafood for dinner, it was good but the taste was different from pizza in Europe because there put different kind of cheese. Then we went for a walk and to a beach bar Barasti. You can watch the video from the bar here. We had some drinks but we didn't stay there for a long time because it was already late.
My last day in Dubai was Friday 5th May. We got up late and we had our breakfast around noon in Belad Al Sham restaurant. We ordered Damascus breakfast with makdous (oil-cured eggplans), youghurt cheese Labneh, olives, eggs, cucumber and hummus. Then we went to the beach near Burj Al Arab where we spent some hours. I swam in the sea but my sunburn got even worse than before.
Then Shady took me to the airport because my flight to Prague was departing in the evening. I was very thirsty and I drank a lot of water and mango juice on the way to the airport. The flight took around 7 hours and we got dinner on the plane, it was rice and meat and also a cake. We also got some drinks. It was a comfortable journey but it was hot on the plane.
When Shady finished working we had a lunch in the restaurant in the hospital. We ordered rice and meat. Then we drove to the Liwa oasis. There were many palms trees and sand dunes. Shady's car got stuck in the sand and I had to push it out while it was so hot that I slightly burnt my hands when I touched it. Shady thought there was a lake in this oasis but we couldn't find it.
There was a huge sand dune which is called Moreeb dune and as I found out later it was a place fordrag races. Firstly I thought it was too dangerous but later we decided to climb up the dune, it was very steep and around 30 metres high. Our hands and feet sank into the sand but I made it to the top.
Then we started sliding down the dune but the sand made humming sound which I found sinister and I ran down quickly. Then we drove back to Abu Dhabi and we saw herds of camels on our way.
On Wednesday I slept till noon and Shady picked me up in the afternoon and we went to the beach where we spent around 2 hours. The beach was closing at sunset and everybody had to get out of the water. Then we went to eat shawarma with French fries and it was very tasty.
On Thursday Shady took me to the beach around 1pm and he went back to work. I spent there all afternoon but I got a bad sunburn despite putting a lot of sunscreen. The sun was already very strong in Emirates in May and I spent at least 3 hours on the beach. It was around 38°C that day. I got a lot of unwanted attention on the beach as I was a single woman and I had to talk with several guys while one of them even bought me some juice. Then Shady picked me up and we went to spend my last night in Emirates in a hotel in Dubai. I had pizza with seafood for dinner, it was good but the taste was different from pizza in Europe because there put different kind of cheese. Then we went for a walk and to a beach bar Barasti. You can watch the video from the bar here. We had some drinks but we didn't stay there for a long time because it was already late.
My last day in Dubai was Friday 5th May. We got up late and we had our breakfast around noon in Belad Al Sham restaurant. We ordered Damascus breakfast with makdous (oil-cured eggplans), youghurt cheese Labneh, olives, eggs, cucumber and hummus. Then we went to the beach near Burj Al Arab where we spent some hours. I swam in the sea but my sunburn got even worse than before.
Then Shady took me to the airport because my flight to Prague was departing in the evening. I was very thirsty and I drank a lot of water and mango juice on the way to the airport. The flight took around 7 hours and we got dinner on the plane, it was rice and meat and also a cake. We also got some drinks. It was a comfortable journey but it was hot on the plane.
