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Shakin like a crack-whore in Sharjah

OK - the day after the Dubai world cup (Sunday) was a total write-off for everyone. Plenty of shakin, but no crack! Burger King home-delivers here which doesn't sound the best (the chips DO NOT travel well) but it matched our mood. Chilled this day watching other crack-whores on cable tele and vegged.

Onto more important excursions - Monday we get out of the house and go to SHARJAH. About 120km's on the other side of Dubai which is super-middle eastern part of the Emirates. Glen and Cheri tell me that if you get caught with alcohol (either in your car or drinking it) here they still have public stoning (yes, rocks) for the infidels. Couldn't get close to the charge sheet to investigate when the stoning were going to happen this day which is a shame - reminds me of my days working for Macquarie Bank. It's a super nice part of the coast so was a great drive. Stopped at a couple of middle of nowhere markets and Cheri bought some banana's but they turned to shite by the time we got home. Pushy salesman those peasants - their determination to push corn on the cob this day disturbed me so I'm not sure what going on there. Onto a lovely beach with crystal blue waters and an odd rock in the middle of the water which they call Snoopy (looks like Snoopy asleep but honestly it's a random rock in the middle of the water).

We took the drive back through the mountains where it shat down rain for a good portion of the journey causing jihad on the road - the driving here is something to be believed - only a couple of major accidents which held up our journey. I didn't think there would be mountains here in the region but there is and they are really beautiful. The sand turns red the further you go out so looks like outback Australia (not that I've seen that but I imagine what outback Australia to be like).  The photo's say a thousand words.
In the evening, Cheri had the shits (literally) so we went to the Ski Dubai centre where they have a super cool chalet which is a restaurant / bar at the bottom of the ski field. Basically you watch the idiots ski down the slopes, fall down then go back up again. Much carnage was witnessed but hey, that's what happens when you have a ski field in the middle of a desert country.  

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