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| 0000.Our friends |
0006.The pool & garden where we stayed |
0037.Peacocks from the palace |
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0004.The Ritz Carlton hotel:we had a stellar Friday brunch
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Dubai architecture. Second from the right is the view of the Emirates Towers from Jane's office window |
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More architecture. The Jumeira Beach residences (centre) have 40 towers over 40 storeys high |
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| 0033.Mens loo at Vu's restaurant, Emirates Tower |
0104.The Sheik's majlis |
0105.Discussing tribal affairs |
0008.Hajar mountains |
0009.The majlis, Hatta Heritage village |
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| 0013.Heritage Village, Hatta oasis |
0010.Hands up, the Pakistani said |
0011.Taking control of an ancient musket |
0014.Visiting Hatta oasis |
0115.The fort at Fujeira |
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| 0018.Picnic at Khorfakkan |
0152.Bob holds court |
0019.The locals sat nearby |
0020.A view of the container terminal at Fujeira |
0022.View up the coast |
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| 0023.On the East Coast |
0024.Entrance to Dibba |
0025.A back street in Dibba |
0026.More Hajar mountains |
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| 0029.Somewhere in the wilds |
0028.Desert sunset |
0030.The Sheik Mohammed mosque, Dubai |
0031.Abdullah demonstrates Moslem prayer |
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0084.Breakfast at The Sheik Mohammed centre for Cultural Understanding |
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0039.The famous indoor ski slope |
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| 0040.The ski slope |
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0045.The Ibn Batuta shopping mall |
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| 0048.Ibn Batuta mall, Indian section |
0042.Camel market, Buraima oasis |
0044.Camel market, Buraima oasis |
0043.Camel Market, Buraima oasis |
0052.Racing camels |
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0055.Racing camels exercising in a sandstorm. If you look carefully you can see they are being controlled by robots |
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0061.Racing camels exercising in a sandstorm |
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| 0064.Al Maha Desert Resort,the view from our room |
0065.Martha and friend |
0067.He was Japanese in drag |
0068.Go on, Martha, you go first |
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| 0107.Our host ahead of us |
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0113.Falconry, South African style |
0112.A desert spotted eagle owl |
0108.Falconry, New Zealand style |
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0111. The spotted eagle owl again |
0071.My walk in the desert... |
0075....it was sandy... |
0077....and deserted |
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| 0078....the odd broombush... |
0079... or gaf tree (I couldn't tell the difference) |
0080.Sodom's apple tree |
0081.There's a gazelle there somewhere |
0086.Bastakya |
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| 0106.The Sheik's old majlis |
0157.Put your veil on this instant |
0089.Bastakya, old Dubai |
0090.In (restored) old Dubai |
0091.Dubai creek |
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| 0092.Dubai creek |
0093.Dubai creek towards Deira |
0094.Jumeira Beach hotel from the Burj |
0095.Lobby of the Burj, looking up |
0096.Sunset over the "Palms" |
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| 0097.View from the Burj al Arab |
0102.Skybar at the top of Burj al Arab |
0103.We went to dinner in a submarine |
0099.View east from the Burj |
0100.View east from the Burj |