Mercure Grand Jebel Hafeet Al Ain

... us as much. One of the Syrian's teaching us Arabic!<br><br>I got my teaching assignment today. I'll be a grade 1 class teacher (meaning Math, Science and English) and a grade 3 English teacher. They also mentioned a grade 5 social science, but that has yet to be confirmed. The school is really nice. The classrooms are simple, but the school is fairly large. I've already gotten lost. The school ranges from Kindergarten to Grade 12 and has about 800 students from 52 nationalities ...

... force d'irrigation. Al Ain est une ville très clairsemée : les pavillons sont tous individuels et les lotissements sont séparés par des étendues désertiques, sortes de terrains vagues sans clôture ni dépotoire. A la périphérie de la ville se trouve effectivement l'oasis. Elle est divisée en parcelle de culture individuelles, un peu comme des petits ...

... nice little jump. I also crashed as I came too fast over one dune and was plunged into a valley. I flew off the bike, landed ******* my arm and then the bike landed moments later by doing a complete roll over the top of me. It bashed into the back of my leg with all its weight and left me badly bruised for about two weeks afterwards. Still it was worth it as it was the first time I ever fully rolled a vehicle. Luckily the bike landed upright and I was able to get it ...

... and then champas and balloons in the Hewett room afterwards. Next morning after breakfast we all checked out (again an incredibly lengthy process) and went in search of the UAE's only remaining genuine camel market. It was well hidden but we wouldn't be deterred and finally found it tucked away in the back blocks (or is that back sand dunes) on the outskirts of town, and it was certainly worth our perseverance. There were no ...

... their breath was fogging my lens. What can I say? I'm a total tourist, but I went to a camel souk, so there. After that was the livestock market. It was a little more happening than the camel marketplace, and had mostly goats, with sheep and cattle on the side. (I think the business was in part because of the approaching Eid -- It's good to have a fatted goat or sheep). There were people haggling over goats, grabbing them and carrying them out of their pens, a real, well ...

... 50 minutes from the city. I guess it doesn't take too long to get out into the desert from the city. I would say there were about 40-50 camels there, ranging from all sizes. My favorite two were the couple (you can see them in my photos). I went up to two camels to pet them and they both kissed me on the lips. It was too cute! The camel farmer was trying to get them to go into a pin and one of the camels kicked him in the ...

... random and MASSIVE mountain arises out of nowhere and you get some AMAZING views from it. I could see flowing hills of desert for miles, as well as the cities of Al Ain and Buraimi below. Afterwards, I headed back to my bus and homeward bound, all in all a great trip. And don't worry Aunt Robin, I have 100's of pictures, and I will be torturing every last one of your when we all get together at Aunt Jills lol

... on my phone, not the film camera which is the best one in the world according to Sheikh Mohammed (thanks!)): I can't tell if somebody got bored, or if this means something. If this is just the result of someone's boredom, well, I say "Take this!" to all my primary school teachers who discouraged my doodles of boredom. Last, they had a picure of this guy! This is actually Wilfred Thesiger, the last ...

... the insurance rep. He was shocked, saying that he didn't know, when I called earlier, that I was talking about the results from Dubai. He called the lab in question and then told me the results would be in "next week." I was exasperated but not surprised. That's the way things are done here. When the results finally came in, I went to the hospital again, without an appointment, and got in to see the doctor when he arrived for the day. In ...

... the insurance rep. He was shocked, saying that he didn't know, when I called earlier, that I was talking about the results from Dubai. He called the lab in question and then told me the results would be in "next week." I was exasperated but not surprised. That's the way things are done here. When the results finally came in, I went to the hospital again, without an appointment, and got in to see the doctor when he arrived for the day. In ...