Dubai Desert Dune Bashing was Da Bomb.

But due to the amount of people attending it, there were too many jeeps I felt to allow for some real speed racing and bashing. We all went excited to feel and experience true fear but actually it was pretty mild. Just think of a bumpy ride on a bumpy terrain. That’s about it. We did descend a steep hill but the driver went so slowly that we were A-OK and fine.

Still a wonderful experience to be out at the lonely dry desert several kilometres in. Just look at the desert traveling for miles below. Can you imagine being stuck out here without water? One would die standing.

We truly had so much fun at the desert taking tons of photos, you know what posers we are right? It was a first for most of us and although the sand was sand as sand is anywhere, we never saw so much sand in our entire lives. My kids saw the sand and were jealous! The best foot wear to walk on a desert is to go bare feet. I was bare all of the way. Thankfully, it wasn’t so hot that my feet could bare the naked sand. Here, my team climbing up the hill to get a feel of what it is like to be on top. I was below cheering them on. Hahahaha. And then they MADE me climb up later. Arghhhhh. It’s not easy climbing a sand hill ok! Totally my workout for the year man.

And then I realised why they insisted I ran up the sand hill……it was to catch the sun set and by golly, it was moving down so fast, the sun, when I reached the top of the hill!!! It was the most magnificent sight watching it ACTUALLY move downwards, like a curtain being drawn down on a Broadway stage after the finale.

Apart from desert storm dune bashing, we also had camel rides, dinner on the sand, shopping, henna painting, shisha smoking, you name it. It was a night full of Middle Eastern activities such as belly dancing and the likes. It was really beautiful. Here is me and my Aunt. Can you believe she is almost 60? My Mom’s youngest and only sister, model of the year 1983, the hottest of the Gabriel sisters back in the day. Shit. I still can’t get over the fact that she is almost 60.

Camel riding was one of the scariest experiences and I will tell you why. The bloody camel does NOT inform you when he wants to do his stunts!!! And because it was the first time for both of us, we completely FREAKED when the camel suddenly decided to sit down!!! This meant that if we had not been holding on tight, we would have been flown off the camel already but due to quick reflexes (actually I never took my hands off the handle though I held it THAT much tighter when the camel sat down!), we managed to not slide down. Bloody camel. He must’ve been thinking, Damn these bitches are HEAVY!!!

After the animal ride, it was time for dinner at a beautiful camp site right in the middle of the desert lit by the moon and some light bulbs powered by an external generator with some candles. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. That night, there was belly dancing, shisha smoking (never tried), henna painting, lots of merry making.

And we had a glorious meal…….honestly, what more could we have asked for?

That night, we slept really well after the hour ride back to the hotel from the desert. Onwards to EVEN more exciting adventures the next day!!! The FERRARI theme park!!! Where they have the fastest roller coaster in the whole wide world. Apparently it shoots faster than the Shinkansen Train in Japan and with my track record with roller coasters, I had already decided that I was NOT going on any roller coaster, Ferrari or not. Actually, especially if it was a Ferrari roller coaster. Heh.

THANK YOU, DUBAI.

I will be back to bring you Izumio for the entire GCC (Gulf C0operation Council).

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

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