{"id":3698,"date":"2015-03-24T13:41:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T08:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3698"},"modified":"2015-03-24T13:47:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T08:17:15","slug":"arabian-nights-dubai-uae-03-23-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3698","title":{"rendered":"Arabian Nights \u2013 Dubai, UAE \u2013 [03-23-2015]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>There are few tours that are few tours I will actually do twice. Many things are infinitely worth seeing at least once, but don\u2019t necessarily need repetition. However, there are some huge exceptions, the Arabian Nights tour is one of those.<\/p>\n

Especially when you\u2019re doing t with people who have never experienced it before.<\/p>\n

Um\u2026why are they letting air out of the tires?<\/em><\/p>\n

So that they don\u2019t sink into the sand..<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh. My\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Actually, much to my disappointment the 4×4 ride was the only thing about the evening that didn\u2019t quite live up to my expectations. That was, however, completely the fault of the driver \u2013 who just wasn\u2019t<\/em> into it. While everyone else was zipping around doing a good imitation of N.A.S.C.A.R, he plodded along and didn\u2019t even turn on any music (the only thing he turned up was the news\u2026go figure). BUT that doesn\u2019t mean it wasn\u2019t amazing!<\/p>\n

Besides, the rest of the evening totally made up for it.<\/p>\n

I love this tour. Everything in one. The 4×4 ride is only the smallest part of it, once you get to the tour \u2018campsite\u2019 there\u2019s everything from henna art (the one they did on my arm will probably only last a day or two, but it\u2019s still so pretty!) to hookahs (which I didn\u2019t sample this time).<\/p>\n

I opted for camel riding instead of sandboarding this time around. Which is how I figured out the hard way that camels? They have really hard skulls. I must have annoyed the silly beast somehow when I was waiting to get on his back, because he swung his head around and cracked it solidly against my hip!<\/p>\n

Not that it hurt the camel at all, but I\u2019ll probably have a really good bruise to go with the story!<\/p>\n

A fair price to pay for the photo opportunities.<\/p>\n

Once twilight fell they served us a very yummy BBQ dinner, for which the crew was granted their own cabana \u2013 always a nice perk! During which my dear tablemates made a point of trying to distract me from trying to get anything written down. Seriously, never try and do anything remotely serious when Predator is at your table.<\/p>\n

You taking notes on us now?<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh absolutely Pred, I secretly work for the FBI<\/em><\/p>\n

FBI? Female Beauru of Investigations? Crimes of Passion Division<\/em>?<\/p>\n

So if this entry goes totally off the rails, it\u2019s Predator\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n

After dinner, the highlight of the evening was the belly dancer. Seriously, if I could move even close to the tenth as well as that dancer could move\u2026<\/p>\n

And last but not least, once the performances were over and the late were cleared away, they asked us to turn our attention to the dunes behind the stage, where the four camels stood being led over the sand away into the deepening darkness of the desert.<\/p>\n

And as for us, we piled back into the 4x4s for the all too quick ride back to the ship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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