Day 6
Gooooood morning Oman
OOOOOoooooooooooooooooo
After breakfast
On the bike....
Past cliffs
And the sea.....
Back onto this awesome road....
Today the sun is behind us....
The views are clearer......
And sharper....
look carefully...can you see the zig zag road ahead....
Much clearer huh...
Beautiful...
Isn't it :-)
Look at that , mountains ,sea and road. All perfect.....
A small village along the way....
Very small...
A fort in an isolated town...
See the cliffs, the road is along it :-) :-) alllllllll the way
One of the bigger towns...
Bye bye Oman. You were amazing
Back in UAE, from mountains....
To the sandy desert...
From Ras Al Khaimah
We're headed to Ghantoot ,near Abu Dhabi....
Short R&R as this ride was about 400km.
Arabic KFC with camel burger ??? ;-)
Back to the magnificient freeways
Too far to see, but those white specks are SUVs playing in the dunes
On the bike .........
We've to ride past the whole of Dubai
Love seeing other cultures...
Dubailand ???
Heading south west...
Into the sun....
Finally Ghantoot...
Home for tonight...
The sea canal next to the hotel
Traditional Architecture....
We took a walk along the 7km canal.
Not the whole distance though...
Hotel.....with its own air bridge ??
Eye oso don no :-)
Long day riding. From Oman into the south of UAE.
Time to relax :-)
Day 7
Today is an interesting ride.....
And interesting destination....
With an interesting view ;-)
Imagine with the scenery like this, it was so nice and cool
On the way to the mountains
Scenery changing
Sand to mountains
Now we climb... the Al Ain mountain range
At the base.....
Of some of the best driving and riding roads in the world....
Welcome to Jebel Hafeet ( Mount Hafeet )
Perfect surface....
1/3 up
Unfortunately i was 2 up
On a Goldwing.....
If a sport bike....oh man :-)
Soon we reached the top...
And our digs...
Not too bad...
Nice room....
But the attraction is at the balcony ;-)
WOW
We're quite high up. 1200m i think
OOOooooooooooooo
After freshening up. Time to look around
Dinner ? ...Hmmmmmm
Checkout the amusement ride....
Nice pool...
crazy huh.....
The view all around...
As we had lunch...
nice huh...
Just don't drop anything :-)
Most of the time was spent on our balcony...
Once it got dark....
It got amazing :-)
Day 8
Wife insisted again
Downhill today...
I've got a lot of inertia
puts Genting to shame
Perfectly smooth roads...
Look at that la...
So cool ......
See how amazing the road surface is ?
What a ride
Going there....
And the view :-)
Twisty :-)
Almost at the base...........Damn
So beautiful , this road is
Ah well.....
Heading to the highway....
To some place different.....
Sights of the rocky cliffs
Passing a small town
Actually not so small...duh
Today we're headed to Bab Al Shams
130kmph here.....
Perfect cruising speed for this bike....
I think the shrubs along the roads are planted to prevent the sand getting onto the road....
Today is desert day...
Straight roads...
Jump off a plane ??
Off the highway here.....
No hunting .....
Nice.....
Now we're riding into the desert proper.....
You'll see a lot of this
Caravan :-)
So cool..............
Riding into the desert proper
Cool huh.....
Arabian horses are so expensive
Off road on a Goldwing :-)
Ok , this one i asked her to take :-P
My baby in the Arabian desert :-)
Adventure.......
Team Griffin :-) :-) :-)
Back on the road, where the roads suddenly ends???
U turn and find our way. See the sand being blown across the road ?
So cool
Desolate...
Almost there...
Here we come....
To our oasis in the desert..
This place is so cool
Its built like a desert fort.....
With its courtyards and grooves....
Fountains and cul de sacs
so cool ....
Really like an oasis.Being escorted to our rooms.....
Though alleyways
Courtyards......
Finally...
Nice room....
Like a Sheikhs tent
our surroundings...
Sheikh Al Bunny :-P
After freshening up....
We went to get some food
Have to find the place.....
Got lost a bit :-)
But what a place to get lost in :-)
Amazing place....
Nice huh
The internal oasis...
Feel like a Sheikh myself :-)
Tea sir ?
Multi level pool
Lower level.....
With the infinity pool overlooking the desert
finally....
Time for food :-)
Walking to the lobby after lunch
So cool.....
The lobby ........also so cool :-)
We were taken to here
for our desert adventure.
From Vietnam to the middle east
So cool
Land rover of course....
Us :-)
Beautiful huh
Footprints in the sand
see those white things ahead
Meet the desert Oryx
Meet some locals
And the king of the desert
and the ship of the desert
We had a demonstration of the falcon
As the sun set
Desert sunset and the falcon
As its our last day
Now what ?
Time for some desert hospitality
Bedouin tents
Courtyard of the vilage
So cool....
Lets go check it out
Its really high up here
A really cool experience
Nice huh
Bigger than it looks
Time for dinner.
Traditional meal...
For the ladies :-)
After the desert experience.
After the camel ride.
After the Bedouin meal.
Time for entertainment :-)
Dervishes
What a way to end the day and the trip.
Oh wait...lets do the other side also :-P
When i came here i didn't know what to expect.But the people of UAE and Oman were so friendly and welcoming that , that one thing made the trip amazing.
Thats why i like to ride alone or in small groups.You meet the people :-)
From the ultramodern cities ,to the sea ,to Oman ,to the mountains and finally ending in the desert.
All of this had its own experiences and all were awesome.
I knew the Goldwing was a good bike and handles well. What i didn't know was how well and in what level of comfort. I ride an FJR which is a very comfortable.But its worlds apart.
Great bike.I'll keep the FJR thank you...
All the ''on the bike'' shots were taken by my wife.Good shots huh...
It was an amazing ride in 2 amazing countries.
More soon.
Cheers :-)
