Intercontinental Hotels Ic Resort Al Ain

... words, but most people are fluent. There is a little trouble understanding accents, but overall we're making do quite nicely. I have met some great teachers already. Also new to the school this year are my friends Amanda and Lindsay from teacher's college, 2 other Canadians; 1 girl from Toronto and 1 from Edmonton, 1 lady from Ireland and 4 girls from South Africa. There are also 2 girls from Syria and one gentleman from Lebanon, but their English isn't too strong, so they don't chat ...

Au programme du jour, une escapade à Al Ain, ville construite autour de l'oasis du même nom. Direction l'émirat d'Abu Dhabi. Nous arrivons à Al Ain après 1h30 de route à travers le désert. Premier détail surprenant, la couleur du sable. Celle-ci passe en effet du blond/blanc au rouge au fur et à mesure qu'on s'éloigne de la côte. Les abords de l'autoroute sont ...

... inside those vehicles at the time. After this bout of ballistic dune-bashing we were ready to captain a couple of quad bikes of our own. Taking turns, each of us set out for our very own adventure in the undulating sand. Some of us had no previous experience and didn't end up getting too far, while others got the hang of it quickly and burned rubber amongst the crests and troughs of shifting desert. It was really cool. I carved up the dunes and got airborn twice off a ...

... Serve The People' in Sanlitun last hosted TBY. We were expecting it to be a little cooler than the balmy 30 degrees of a winter's day in Dubai, but it was close to freezing and most of us were not well enough prepared. But the more intrepid amongst us (particularly Chuck who had already flown all night) resisted the temptation of hot baths, books and snoozes and did battle with ABF after ABF. We re-grouped for a pleasant buffet ...

... for some badly taken photos of me with camels, but in the end, I made him and his possee work when I got my car stuck in the sand and they gave it a push. Back to the market; as a new-found camel enthusiast, it was astounding; all sorts of camels (okay, only Arabian one-humpers, but all sizes and colours), mostly hanging around in some sketchy pens. The camels took a liking to me, and attempted to eat my sleeves, mostly. I do have dozens of close-ups of camel noses, though. At one ...

... to have 2 languages under my belt. I introduced myself to the entire car in Heather fashion. It was quite in the car, so I had to start a conversation! I would be spending the next 6 hours with these folks for goodness sake! I told them my name, that I had come alone and that I planned to go photo happy on our trip. Everyone laughed. Thankfully they all spoke wonderful English. Our first stop was at a camel farm, just ...

... and water fountains all over. I had planned on eating at this nifty looking little bakery for lunch, but they had closed for the afternoon, so I headed over to the mall for some food. Al Ain's mall was like any other, although I was surprised to see an Ice Skating rink immediately in the entrance. Afterwards, I got a taxi driver to take me up to Jabal Hafeet (Hafeet Mountain). A couple miles from Al Ain ...

... t actually supposed to be there after all and left. Before I did that, I got the following lovely pictures: There was a museum right next to the oasis, so I went inside. It was mostly about Bedouins, and about prehistoric stuff. Pix: I also finally got some shots of the creepy bedouin models I had wanted to take in Dubai Museum, except it was too dark for my weak camera. (By which I mean the ...

... at a distance behind him and progressively moving closer to my ear. I was to hold up my hand when I first heard the sound. When I held up my hand on the left side, it bumped into his hand because it was so close to my ear before I heard it. On the right side, I heard the snapping almost as soon as he began. He wrote the results on the form, including suggesting that I have a formal test, but did not disqualify me from TSS work.. Then I went to ...

... at a distance behind him and progressively moving closer to my ear. I was to hold up my hand when I first heard the sound. When I held up my hand on the left side, it bumped into his hand because it was so close to my ear before I heard it. On the right side, I heard the snapping almost as soon as he began. He wrote the results on the form, including suggesting that I have a formal test, but did not disqualify me from TSS work.. Then I went to ...