March 27, 2018: Atop Jebel Hafeet
March 27, 2018
DrFumblefinger ascends the windy road up Jebel Hafeet, a famous mountain in the UAE.
DrFumblefinger ascends the windy road up Jebel Hafeet, a famous mountain in the UAE.
Abu Dhabi buys the world’s most expensive painting for its newly-opened branch of the Louvre.
DrFumblefinger was pleasantly surprised to find a lovely first-class zoo in the middle of the desert, near the oasis city of Al Ain.
A lovely new cluster of skyscrapers built on what was once a stretch of sandy desert, it’s hard not to be impressed with the vision of the people who constructed the Dubai Marina.
Gumbo was visiting the Dubai Museum in the United Arab Emirates. The Museum is housed in an old 18th century fort, the oldest building in the city, and contains a large variety of exhibits which document the history of the region.
We return to the UAE, where Kirsten Hines catches the first European bee-eaters to arrive on their migratory journey.
This week we move from Africa to the United Arab Emirates, where a close encounter with some serious antlers taught me a healthy respect for Arabian Oryx.
DrFumblefinger ascends the windy road up Jebel Hafeet, a famous mountain in the UAE.
Abu Dhabi buys the world’s most expensive painting for its newly-opened branch of the Louvre.
DrFumblefinger was pleasantly surprised to find a lovely first-class zoo in the middle of the desert, near the oasis city of Al Ain.
A lovely new cluster of skyscrapers built on what was once a stretch of sandy desert, it’s hard not to be impressed with the vision of the people who constructed the Dubai Marina.
Gumbo was visiting the Dubai Museum in the United Arab Emirates. The Museum is housed in an old 18th century fort, the oldest building in the city, and contains a large variety of exhibits which document the history of the region.
We return to the UAE, where Kirsten Hines catches the first European bee-eaters to arrive on their migratory journey.
This week we move from Africa to the United Arab Emirates, where a close encounter with some serious antlers taught me a healthy respect for Arabian Oryx.