My two favorite cousins (from my 40 or so cousins) were here to visit me in Dubai. I had the best of time with them. Shey is 13 and Momy is 11. They were here from Canada, and I was challenged to find something for them to do in Dubai that they wouldn't find back home in Canada. So the Desert Safari came to mind. I won't write out the details of the trip, which was awesome time in itself and a time when we all constantly laughed, especially when, well, just go see the pictures.
Lawrences of Arabia: To see endless dunes makes you forget you are connected to civilization. It's a moment where you can let go of your worries, and be connected to nature. Like the ocean, the desert is another of my favorite places to be in solitude at.
The walk up and down made me and Shey extremely tired and out of breath. (Just pretend to ignore that woman in the background who exposed her thong to everyone there, including a bunch of horny guys!)
Momy wasn't getting on the camel, neither were her mom and brother. I forced everyone to get on them. There were a bunch of Japanese woman who were screaming their heads off when the camel would get up and get down, which made everyone there laugh their heads off too!
Dinner consisted of naan (bread), chicken, fish, rice, salad, mutton which was cooked in the traditional arabian style.
Maria the Belly Dancer. So then the lights were shut off, and someone made the announcement. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please welcome our belly dancer, Mariaaaaa. Maria came running from some hidden booth, and then jumped up on staged, and threw off her cloak, and started shaking those hips!
Me and Maria. Maria would go around the stage and pick up a guy and asked them to dance with her. Many guys were refusing to get up, but when she came to my table and asked for me to come, my cousins and aunt were shouting for me to go, and so I was like what the heck. I got up and started dancing like her. Yeah, I shaked my hips pretty well! The kids were laughing hsyterically at me...loool...and my aunt told me that I could really dance. (I have one sleeve up because I just had the henna tattoo on my right arm; it's an eagle!)
Me in dishdasha. So before we left, we tried out the Arabic clothes. They didn't have my size, so I had to settle for the next bigger size. I loved the head cloak thing!
The Arabic family. So that's the rest of the family! LOL!With the right group of people, you can have too much fun. My cousins and their mom are very outgoing and adventurous people, and I loved that kind of company, for you can get to enjoy to the max wherever you go!
Mansur
9 comments:
Interesting butt view captured.
Can you call it a kodak moment ??
HI HIBBA!!!
Long time I know..I even left a message on your blog asking where you had disappeared to.
The Desert Safari includes:
Pick up from your own place at 4pm, and you are driven in a 4x4, which is totally air conditioned.
You come to the desert, and you basically go dune bashing, which is where you are driven up and down the dunes, all the while you are sitting in your air conditioned car.
Then you get a sunset stop, where all the 4x4 stop so everyone can see the sunset.
Then you go to the camp, where this is camel riding, dinner, shisha, drinks, and shops where you can buy souvenier stuff. We also got henna tattoos, tried on arabic clothes and had our names written in Arabic!
Of course, the highlight of the evening is the belly dancing show.
When you arrive at the camp, the weather isn't so bad, and when it was time to leave, there were cold desert winds blowing.
So, I would definitely encourage you to give this a try. It's a unique opportunity to see Dubai (I dont know if AD has something like this or not!)
My cousins absolutely loved it, more than the malls and eating out in Dubai!
Mansur
hey anonymous,
yes, you can call it a kodak moment...also, the ladt behind my camel is the same lady! lol!
Mansur
nice pics mansur...i wish i could see u belly dance now! lol..seems like u had an amazing time!
Aisha
hello mansur,
i am visitng your website after a long time, and I just happened to stumble upon it through one of the comments you left on another blog. What a pleasant surprise to see your pictures here. You are one of the very very few brave enough to disclose themselves here. I shall make it a point to visit you regularly now.
Button
i just noticed...it's been two years for u...wanna wish you happy second year of blogging...well done..what a milestone...and u have been very consistent as well...
maria (not the dancer)
hey everyone, thanks for your comments. Button, it's been a long time. Anon, thanks for bday wishes!
Mansur
hehehe seems like u had a funky-ass time, thats wonderful :))
Mansur, you must be one of the 'fun relatives' to visit! You're pretty game in having fun and a sport too doing your own belly dancing version! lol if I ever land in Dubai, I'll be sure to have you take me out and have some fun time (the food makes me hungry thinking about it)
that said, if you're ever back in TX..ditto!
Ingrid
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