Frankie's Travels - The Desert continued

So where were we... aaaah the wild desert drive! so we drove up and down and left and right and over and around and almost under and in loops! the wheels were kicking up a ton of soft sand and the ride was pretty bumpy. the only thing to mar the scenery was the random piles of trash under some of the trees. finally we stopped to take pictures of the sunset. which was very very beautiful. when the yellow sun set behind the dark sand dunes we set off again to a bedouin camp site for the evening festivities. First we shotgunned a table making sure to be far from the belly dancer's stage Rumour had it that she likes to include the audience. then we went for a camel ride. the camel ride was sadly short but still another new thing experienced. They have super fluffy little ears So I patted my camel's ears and he stood up!! Camels standing up and sitting down process is so complicated it would be the subject of another post all together! then we had tarditional food for dinner (traditional food - finally! Tick!) and then the aformentioned belly dance(nuff said - you didn't miss much...) I also had a pattern painted on my hand in henna (photos on request) it looks pretty cool now (yes another tourist thungy) but when the lady put it on it looked like cocoa paste or umm... erm poop... erm... anyway I had to be careful not to smudge it until it dried out and was crusty enough to take off. and I am very pleased with the result! All in all the dune ride and the camel ride was the best part of the evening :) and totally worth being a tourist for!! I am only sad I didnt have anything to steal some of the really pretty red sand in to take home. like my own tiny piece of dubai. bet all the tourist feel like taht and 30 years down the line half the desert will be missing. horrible scheming tourists.