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UAE with a car and without it are two big differences!

11 November 2015 • Travel time: with 24 February 2014 on 10 March 2014
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I don’t know what the Egyptian hoteliers or our tour operators imagined there, but the prices for holidays by the Red Sea have long ceased to be associated with cheap holidays.

The choice of a budget holiday by the warm sea in February-March 2014 for us was limited to Egypt or the UAE. In favor of Egypt, the familiar environment, the beautiful sea and the All Inclusive system spoke, while the Emirates attracted us with a higher level of service, many unexplored parks, zoos and other interesting places in the country.

Just dry statistics (calculation for a trip for 15 days, accommodation 2 + 1): Junglie Aqua Park hotel - 2.400 dollars (all), inexpensive hotel in Ajman or Sharjah about 1.500 dollars (only breakfasts). Thoughts were long, my wife and I went through a lot of options, and rather unexpectedly came to the conclusion that if you go to the UAE, then only with the obligatory rental of a car.


To be honest, this rental idea scared me a lot (another country, how to behave, how to rent, etc. ), but after digging through a lot of information, I came to the conclusion that the devil is not as scary as he is painted!

To be a pedestrian in this country, or to travel by car - these are two completely different sides of the same holiday. On the first trip, we experienced all the delights of walking (the inability to cross the road due to the lack of crossings, there is practically no public transport, not the cheapest taxi) and by the second trip I was determined to rent a car. Below I will consider all the nuances that I had to face in order to implement my idea.

INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS

Everything is quite simple here - they must be available!

Some people boast that they rented a car without an international license and everything was fine, but, firstly, they did not get into an accident in the Emirates (in this case, the police definitely issue a fine for driving without a license), and secondly, none of large rental offices (Dolar, Hertz, Thrifty, Budget, etc. ) will not give you a car. Moreover, if you paid the rent in advance, before flying to the UAE, then on the spot without an IDL you simply will not be given it. At the same time, no one will return the money, since the public offer agreement clearly states that in order to receive a car, you must have a complete package of documents in your hands, and in the absence of any of them, the leased vehicle is not issued.

Getting an IDP is not difficult, in fact, it is just a translation of your national certificate into other languages. It looks like this - a gray book and a plastic card with your photo.

Production time is about a week, the cost is from $25 (valid for one year) to $85 (valid for 10 years).

An important nuance, when traveling, be sure to take your national driving license, since an IDL is just a TRANSLATION of your driving license into other languages. Although, when we were stopped by the police in Ajman, the policeman was quite satisfied with the IDP, and did not ask for national rights.

BANK CARD

This, at first glance, simple aspect, I spent the most time.


The requirements for the card at rental offices are as follows: embossed (in the name of the driver) and credit VISA, Mastercard or American Express. Let's take it in order.

An embossed bank card differs from a regular instant issue card by the name and surname of the owner squeezed into the plastic. The terms for making such a card in various banks range from 3 to 14 days, the cost is from 12 to 25 dollars.

In some cases, it is free of charge if certain requirements are met by the bank. Important: the surname and name stamped on the card must be identical to the letter to the option that is written in the passport, so when ordering a card, clearly write your surname and name in Latin letters and provide them to the bank employee.

The card must be a credit card - at least that's what the intermediary company said when ordering the car. At the same time, they were not able to clearly explain how a credit card differs from a debit one. Moreover, the vast majority of bank employees also found it difficult to give a clear definition. After long inquiries and independent research of this issue on the Internet, I came to the conclusion that the status of the card is determined by the Bank Identification Number (BIN), these are the first six digits of your card number. Enter these six digits on https://www. bindb. com/bin-database.

html enter the captcha and get information about the status of the card. In principle, all world-class cards, regardless of the intra-bank status (assigned by the bank that issued the card), have a credit BIN, and are suitable for blocking the required amount of collateral. For example, in the UAE I used a debit card with a credit BIN, but without the possibility of an overdraft (that is, without the possibility of losing money).

The currency of the card is not so important, we had a card in the national currency, the bank recalculated the withdrawn amount by simply multiplying the exchange rate of one currency by another without additional commission.


The card must have the required amount for the deposit. The amount of the deposit can be clarified in advance, when booking a car in advance, it is better to put money with a margin, taking into account fluctuations in exchange rates.

The card itself MUST be in the name of the driver (the option is that one person granted the rights, and the other card will not pass).

Many banks require you to notify them before going abroad so that your card is not blocked for suspicious transactions. In my case, I entered the number of my embossed card in online banking, indicated the country of residence, and the duration of stay there. Note: if you have several cards linked to one account, add them all to the "exit" list, in some cases the bank's security service can block even those cards that you did not use in the UAE, simply by the fact of spending funds from the general account.

After arriving from the UAE, I recommend reissuing the card that you used there in order to avoid possible future fraud with it. The blocked money is returned TO THE ACCOUNT, and not to the CARD, that is, there is no need to worry that the deposit will not be returned.

The blocked money on the card is unfrozen from three to thirty days, depending on the rental office.

If the car is damaged, or something is missing in the car, then the entire deposit (in rare cases, part of it) goes in favor of the rental office. The same is true if fines/fines come from the police. In my case, AED 220 was deducted from the AED 750 deposit as a speeding ticket.

RENTAL OFFICE

A car in the UAE can be rented on the spot, or booked and paid in advance. I used the services of the company http://www. rentalcars. com/ and, in principle, was satisfied with the quality of their services.

By ordering a car in advance, you get a lot of benefits:

1. The amount for the rental will be slightly lower than what you would pay for a rental on arrival (in my case, when renting a car for 13 days, the difference was 35 dollars for a total of 300).


The ordered car (or its equivalent) will already be waiting for you in the agreed dream, while when ordering on the spot (especially in places far from Dubai), the desired car may simply not be available. In Ajman, it’s like that in general, there are no cars at all, everything is fitted to order.

3. You know exactly the amount for car rental, no need to guess how much it will cost you.

By renting a car upon arrival, you have the following advantages:

1. You can use the services of one of the small rental offices. The cars there are worse, but the prices are lower and cash deposit is possible, without using a credit card.

2. In any office, when ordering on the spot, you can first familiarize yourself with the car, sit in it, and evaluate it.

I decided to order a car in advance, and I did not regret my choice. There was no particular difference in price when ordering a week or a month in advance, so I ordered a car a week before departure.

The cheapest option was a Ford Figo ($230 for 13 days), a small car, with my height of 190 cm, I decided to look for something bigger. After some deliberation and meetings with his wife, they opted for the Honda Civic 5D ($300). Payment was made using a bank card, after a couple of days we received confirmation and printed a voucher.

Do not forget to specify the amount blocked on the card, in the case of renting an expensive car, it can reach 4.000 dirhams (1.100 dollars). We have blocked the minimum amount - 750 dirhams.

NAVIGATION IN THE UAE

You can download the best program for navigating in the UAE, upload the latest maps there and ...anyway, you will wind a lot of extra kilometers around cities and highways. The thing is that in the Emirates everything is constantly being rebuilt, changing, some roads disappear, and new, wider and more convenient ones appear. In just two weeks of our stay in Ajman, the viaduct was completed, the route leading to the Ajman City Center was changed, and so on.

Before the trip, I played it safe and had two navigation programs available: the navigator had “IGO” on it, and I downloaded “Sygic” to my wife’s smartphone, in both cases the maps were the latest. After a couple of days of testing, I settled on Sygic, as a more convenient program.


There is no point in laying a route by the address - you have to search by the name of the object. Luckily, Sygic had pretty much everything we were looking for, so that wasn't a problem. There were some glitches in the program, for example: when we arrived in Fujairah to the local fort, we did not find it at the indicated place, I made a couple of circles around the block until I realized that there was a clear mistake.

Many interchanges in reality look completely different, for example, the navigator shows a turn to the right after three hundred meters, in fact, the interchange has already been changed, and you had to turn five hundred meters onto a separate road separated by concrete blocks, you had to go to the next interchange, there the navigator showed another crap with a U-turn option, I had to go even further. Once, having gone from the Crown Palace Hotel to the China Mall, instead of 7 kilometers, we clocked 32! And this is all because of the changed interchanges ...

Informativeness of signs and plates in the UAE IMHO is very low. Often they are placed just before the turn, and sometimes BEHIND THE DIVISION OF THE ROAD. It's like a lottery - six lanes are suddenly separated by a bump stop, and after a hundred meters you will find out where you turned, into the right branch, or not; -).

It is very difficult to navigate in the UAE without a navigator, this thing is necessary and necessary, but in some cases it turns out to be useless ...

TRAFFIC NUANCES IN THE UAE

Thirteen days with a car in the country, 2.300 km added to the mileage, $ 100 for gasoline and a sea of ​ ​ indelible impressions left after that.

A secondary road, a main road - Arabs often don't bother with such nuances (unless it's a roundabout). How many times has it happened - you are driving along the main road, a car leaves the secondary road, the Arab businesslike assesses the situation, and if he sees that you have time to slow down, then he slowly leaves for the main road. And even if you have to press the brake pedal to the floor - these are your problems, he gave you a chance to do it; -))

On roundabout roads, the “main” is always a circle - this is an immutable rule.

If there is a traffic jam on the main road, then from the secondary one they squeeze into the main one in a checkerboard pattern, I didn’t miss the “orphans” a couple of times, there were so many beeps from the offended that mom don’t cry!


You can't stop on the track without a good reason. I didn’t understand what exactly to mean by “good reason”, but when I stopped on the track to photograph wild camels, the cars passing by indignantly honked after one, although I was standing on the side of the road and didn’t bother anyone.

To the right of the steering wheel there is a mysterious lever, when you press it (depending on the pressure, up or down), orange lights on one side of the car start flashing. Unfortunately, most Arabs do not even know about such features of their cars, so every fifth driver uses turn signals at most.

Arabs change lanes very simply - if there is nothing to the left of the car, then the lane is free!

It is not necessary to look in the mirror, everything is the will of Allah!

Near the supermarkets, the nearest places to the entrance are reserved for the disabled, and what is most interesting is that no one else occupies them! For parking in a wheelchair by an ordinary driver, he will be fined 1.000 dirhams ($ 300), so this rule is observed everywhere.

We must not forget to buckle up - a fine for this is 400 dirhams ($ 110), while even starting to move from a parking lot without a seatbelt is considered a violation, if this is recorded by a video camera, then a fine cannot be avoided.

The gas stations are all of the same level and quality - there is no singed gasoline in the UAE, the price is identical throughout the country, so you don’t have to bother with the choice of gas stations.

Refuelers will come up to you, pour gasoline, and take the money, but you have to be careful - at the sight of a foreigner, some begin to count “badly” in their direction, so carefully count the change, they tried to cheat me twice by 10 and 20 dirhams.

It is not customary for Arabs to cut off a car that has “offended” them and slow it down to a complete stop to sort things out. A couple of dissatisfied beeps - that's all that threatens you on the road in case of misunderstanding of each other.


You have to be careful on the highway and not race with unidentified cars - on the road to Fujairah, I famously overtook a jeep painted with colored stripes, which was driving within the speed limit. A minute later, he caught up with me, caught up with me and honked, I turn my head and with a slight shock I read the inscription on the board of the jeep "POLICE"!

The bearded officer shook his finger at me, I immediately dropped my speed and began to humbly “drag” behind their car at a speed of about 110 km / h; -)))) I came across police cars of the brightest colors and unexpected color schemes, probably it depended on the emirate that we were passing through.

On long trips, do not forget to refuel, I somehow drove about a hundred kilometers without seeing a single working gas station (having seen only one closed for repairs).

You can not take valuables from the salon, we left the registrar, navigator, laptop in an untinted car, and there were no problems. The Arabs also do not bother with this, we have often seen cars with expensive equipment in prominent places.

Near large supermarkets, "cleaning" workers often work - as soon as you stop, a washer will approach you and unobtrusively offer his services.

The car is washed inside and out (provided that you do not close it), this pleasure costs 10 dirhams ($ 3).

When booking a hotel, it is useful to find out if the hotel has parking. There are free parking (in our case) and paid (10-15 dirhams per day). In some cases, parking must be booked upon confirmation of the hotel, otherwise you can even fly with paid parking.

SELECT A MACHINE

With the terms of the lease, everything was very clear: we arrived late in the evening, departed early in the morning, therefore, we had exactly thirteen full days. Pick up time for the rental car is 10.00 on the first day, return is 18.00. On the Rentalcars website, according to my selection criteria (automatic transmission and air conditioning), the cheapest option turned out to be Ford Figo ($230), we decided to look for something better, after a short search of options, we settled on a Honda Civic 5D ($300).


It was possible to insure the franchise, but I decided not to do this, I hoped for a successful outcome of the lease (and, looking ahead, I did the right thing). I pay for the car according to some tricky yellow scheme (the site had a price in dollars, the bill was billed in hryvnias, I paid in rubles, in short, the exchange rate difference turned out to be $ 12 more), I print out a certificate, write down the address in Ajman, where you need to pick up the car and I hope I did everything right...

SELECT A HOTEL

Oh-oh-oh, everything here was like in a fairy tale - the farther, the worse; -)). We focused on Sharjah or Ajman (only budget hotels), chose a hotel for ourselves, like bang, it’s in the foot, we select another one - an hour later the price has already changed, it’s expensive for us, in short, it took a long time to go through, finally, we “managed” to pay for the Crown Palace hotel 4*, Ajman. The cost of the tour was 1.310 dollars (15 days, BB, accommodation 2 + 1 sharing), visas were paid separately - 140 dollars.

Since the hotel was grabbed in a hurry (time was running out), we already decided to deal with its features on the spot. Bribed the price of the hotel, free parking and the novelty of another emirate.

DEPARTURE

With some problems we get to the airport (it was the time of the Maidan, there were checkpoints at the exit from Kyiv, where people of dubious appearance with incomprehensible goals briefly examined cars), unloaded at terminal D and went to check-in.

We took juices with us in hand luggage (I remind you that according to international standards, no liquid over 100 ml can be carried on a plane) and food for the child. On the scanner, the customs officer looked thoughtfully at the monitor screen, which displayed the contents of the backpack, saw these juices, slyly looked at us, but pretended not to notice; -))) Thank you, kind customs officer, that you did not turn out to be a formalist!

There is a small playground in Termanal D, where our daughter (6 years old) had fun until the boarding time was announced. There we saw a large group of Hasidim, they spread evenly throughout the terminal, reciting their prayers with an important air. A young Hasid approached me and asked if I could exchange the remaining hryvnias for dollars or euros (I did ; -)), exchanged them for him at the approximate selling rate, so this "businessman" immediately calculated how much I had on him earned ; -)))


The flight itself was ordinary, we did not buy anything offered on board, there are no complaints or enthusiasm for the service. Upon arrival, Margo looked into the cockpit, the pilot noticed this, sat her in a chair, allowed her to take a picture and presented a postcard with a view of the aircraft as a keepsake. I thank him, I take the child, we go to the terminal.

Sharjah Airport met us with the usual abundance of Indians and Asians, we push them aside, go through all the necessary procedures, and get out into the street. There we are met by representatives of our host country.

They gave us a package of documents, we wait another hour for another couple of tourists settling in a nearby hotel (as it turned out, they were buying up in a dutik) and we go to our hotel.

CROWN PALACE HOTEL

From the outside, the hotel makes a good impression: a tall semicircular building, beautifully illuminated, the hall is also not bad - large and spacious with many tables and sofas. Once in the lobby, I turn my head in puzzlement, trying to figure out where the reception is, only a minute later I notice the reception desk in the far corner. I quickly exchange our voucher for a card and we go up to our room 1010 on the eleventh floor.

The first impression in the room - and that's ALL?? ? I mean, is that the whole number?

Twenty meters room, three bedside tables, a dressing table with a mirror, a TV, a refrigerator, a coffee table, a large built-in wardrobe - all this contrasted brightly with the room at Ramada Sharjah, the hotel where we stayed the previous time. Hmm, sadness - sad, I console myself with the fact that a hotel that costs seven hundred dollars cheaper than another cannot be as chic, we begin to unpack things. The TV did not turn on, I called the reception, they sent a technician / cleaner, he went to the TV, pulled out the plug, REVERSED it, and the TV started working. After he left, I checked - if you stick the plug with the inscription up, then it does not turn on, turn it over - it turns on, shaitan Arab technique; -)))

The general condition of the room stock can be seen on the video, briefly summarizing - the sockets are broken, it is impossible to watch TV because of its location, the closet barely opens and closes, there is no freezer in the refrigerator (you can’t buy ice cream) and other trifles.


The biggest minus of our room is the DOOR TO THE NEIGHBOR ROOM!! ! The door is made of ultra-thin plywood, with a patented system for transmitting any sounds, moreover, it is equipped with a special three-centimeter slot at the bottom so that smells from the next room would penetrate to us without the slightest delay. Looking ahead, I’ll say that on the first night cheerful guys from CHELYABINSK settled there (this is not a joke, they were from there), who vigorously discussed their sexual adventures for half the night, on the second night the British lived there, who listened to mournful music and smoked menthol cigarettes , and then we were lucky - no one else was settled there.

Maybe it was the scandal that I made at the reception about this, maybe the stars aligned like that, but we only had to suffer for the first two nights. It was also true that the cleaners who thought that 2 a. m. was the optimal time to clean up, but after a couple of my statements through the door about their mental abilities, they changed the time for cleaning the next room.

We only took breakfast, and we never regretted it. As we planned, we used the hotel only for an overnight stay, often arriving late in the evening.

The breakfasts themselves at the hotel are not bad, the choice is small, but everything is edible. The optimal morning choice was as follows - scrambled eggs, pancakes with jam (there are three types: strawberry, orange and artificial honey), salad, tea and coffee. In general, everything is standard, but we didn’t need more.

CAR RENTAL

After breakfast, I sent my girls to my room, and I went to get a rental car myself. I confess that up to this point I had never rented a car abroad, so there was a slight jitters (did I get everything right, would I find this rental, would they give me a car).

I went outside, hailed a taxi, and then a PROBLEM came up! I, naive, thought I would show the taxi driver the address, and he would take me from point A to point B! Yeah, it wasn’t there ...I show the first taxi driver I meet the rental address - Ajman Shopping Mall, Entrance 3, Ground Floor, Ajman, Uae. With a perplexed look, the taxi driver begins to bend his fingers, listing the shopping centers he knows, asking which one I need. I'm getting angry :

- Here is the address, take me to this mall!

- I don’t know this one, there is Carrefour, there is Chyna Mall, there is ...

- Damn, here is the address of the center, what is not clear?!?! ?

- I don't know this one, there is "Carrefour", there is "China Mall" ...


And so in a circle, he knows only the NAMES of shopping centers, not their addresses (as it turned out later, in the UAE it is generally not customary to look for a building by address, there are hotels, shopping centers, shops, gas stations with specific names, only can get anywhere). After torturing the taxi driver for a couple more minutes, I let him go and catch the next one. With the same success - he cannot help in any way, because he does not know the addresses. The third taxi driver could not read English at all, and was sent to the garden faster than anyone else.

I'm standing, scratching my head, I don't know what to do next - it seems that I have money, I have an address, but I can't get to it. I spat on everything and decided to go on foot, since I first looked on the map where it is located. Across the road, under the bridge, on the viaduct, along the road, in short, after about forty minutes, I went to a large shopping center with a large inscription in the center "< em>CARREFOUR".

I go through the parking lot to the lower parking lot (which glitched me, what to look for there). I ask the guard for the THRIFTY counter, he sends me upstairs. Another five minutes of thrashing and I'm at the counter.

A pretty Filipino girl carefully reviewed my documents, filled out the contract, and asked for a bank card to block the deposit. I give her a card, and I internally shrink (I have read various scary stories, what happens, they don’t accept cards for unknown reasons, and they don’t give out a car without compensation for the money paid). A Filipina with an unpronounceable name inserts my card into the terminal, something clicks, a minute of waiting and ...she shakes her head in dismay - the card is not accepted, immediately I receive an SMS with confirmation of the refusal of the transaction !!!

It’s hard to describe what I experienced at that moment, all my vacation plans were sharpened for a rental car, the money was transferred ahead of time ...I stare at her killed, not knowing what to do next - they don’t take cash as collateral, and I don’t have other cards embossed. And then ...And then the Filipino looks thoughtfully at the terminal, and says:

- It's strange, do you definitely have money on the card?

- Yes, exactly, there with a margin!

- Well, maybe my terminal is dead?


He takes it, connects the terminal to the power supply, enters the amount again and ...lo and behold, the transaction goes through and the amount is blocked! How relieved I am!! ! We quickly complete the paperwork and go to the parking lot. As it turned out, rental cars just stand in free places in the parking lot. We approach the WV Jetta, the Filipina joyfully shows me at her, they say, take it! I ask what Filipino mother god they give me the wrong car that I ordered:

- I actually ordered a Honda Civic 5D…

- It is out of stock, there is only this one, but, believe me, it is not bad!

- But the amount doesn't change?

- No, of course, the amount is the same, but this car is practically new - 2013 release.

I take out my camera, start shooting the car from all sides, the Filipina says with a smile that no matter what I worry about, she herself will show all the damage. Usually I do not really trust people, but then I agreed. The girl showed a couple of scratches and chips, fixed them on the diagram of the car, entered the bumper repainted after the accident. I show her the gasoline sensor - it shows a third of the tank, and according to the rental conditions, I have to pick up and return the car with a full tank. The girl throws up her hands, they say, they didn’t have time to fill it up, you will return the same one! I was already so happy to pick up the car that I did not focus on this lining (which later cost me an additional $ 20).

I pick up the keys, start the car, study the location of the buttons and controls for a couple of minutes, turn on the air conditioner and drive out of the parking lot. Then I drove for about ten minutes from the shopping center, because the track was being repaired there, and everything was dug up / blocked off. Having not yet mastered the peculiarities of arrivals and departures, I missed the place where I had to turn onto a secondary road to get to the hotel and twisted around a little more.

Driving into the hotel parking lot, I saw Anyuta and Margot, who seemed to have been looking for me for a long time. At the sight of the car, Margot issued a joyful cry, and, barely waiting for a stop, began to explore the back seat, which was allocated to her at her full disposal. I didn’t manage to take a car seat for one simple reason - it was possible to rent car seats of only one category (1-3 years old) at the box office, my daughter is already six, so she had to drive “royally”, just buckling up.


We exchange opinions with my wife about the car, I hook up the navigator and the recorder to the windshield, I connect the car splitter and ...I understand that the cigarette lighter does not work!! ! Poklatsal, everything is deaf, he's just not working. This is a serious problem, since the navigator will die without power in an hour, and I had no idea how to navigate further. Okay, let's go back to the rental, swear.

I taxi out, quickly reach the shopping center, go to the rental desk, explain the situation. The Filipina comes with me, checks the cigarette lighter herself, makes sure that it is not working and promises to send a master in a couple of days. There is nothing to do, he will drive such a car ...

We buy groceries in the supermarket, load up and go to the hotel. Our hotel has a big plus - its own free parking, it is spacious and comfortable.

CHINA MALL

We decided to go to the China Mall, the navigator cheerfully draws a distance of 7.5 km.

Carpets, dishes, fabrics - just a shaft, but nothing is needed.

We get back in five minutes, since the navigator and reality did not disagree; -)).

SHARJAH FRUIT, FISH AND FLOWER MARKETS

In the morning of the next day we go to Al Jazeera Park. We arrive, it’s empty around, the parking lot is deserted, the guard at the entrance says that the park is not working. Okay, let's go to the markets, Google map claims that it's somewhere nearby.

The fish market was found right away - by smell. This incomparable smell of fresh, and not very, fish led us to the place of its sale. The market itself did not look very pretentious, rubbish on the pavement, rusty taps along the wall, and ...the absence of people. It looks like we arrived early and the active trading phase has not started yet.


The fish is cut on large white tables, when I climbed the racks, the merchants looked at me somewhat bewildered (later, I realized that I was in the "cutting" part of the market, where they do not sell fish, but prepare it for sale). There are a lot of cats and seagulls around, and if the cats were sleeping in the shade of cars, the seagulls were actively jumping near the tables, periodically announcing the surroundings with shrill cries. To put it mildly, I was struck by the attitude of merchants to hygiene - they butcher fish, on which flies immediately land, which no one is going to drive! Seeing something like a ram, I wanted to know the cost, but I was immediately pointed to the far side of the market, where the sale took place - it was impossible to buy it at the place where the fish was unpacked and cut. I took pictures, but no one was particularly enthusiastic, and after a while I was politely asked to leave this territory, which my family and I did.

Slightly peeled walls, peeling paint - this is what the Sharjah fruit market looks like. In the middle, everything is much more decent, a large selection of various fruits, moderately sticky sellers. We go looking, buying up, the choice on all the counters is almost identical, out of habit I don’t buy anything from the sellers at the entrance, we go to the end, we buy up a little there (bananas - 11 pieces for 10 dirhams, large mangoes - 15 dirhams / piece, a little less 3 pieces for 20 dirhams, strawberries - 5 dirhams / box). While walking to the end of the market, the Arab barkers gave their daughter a couple of tangerines, a banana and a kiwi. I'm joking that you could not skimp, but just take a walk back and forth, and the child would have fruit for a couple of days. I photographed "by hand" because I did not want to check the reaction of the sellers when they bought up, I asked the seller for permission to take a picture of him, he did not refuse.

Looking ahead, I’ll say that the fruits turned out to be of good quality, the bananas are small but very tasty, the mango is ripe, but the strawberries are slightly sweet and, for some reason, crispy.

Opposite the fruit market there is a meat department, where you can see butchered camel carcasses in the windows, I wanted to go in, but my wife persuaded me not to do this, because she felt sick from the mere sight of these carcasses. There is also a letterbox hanging on the wall, apparently few people use it, because it is covered with a thick layer of dust ...

We go to the car, we see that along the road there are shopping malls with flowers, plants and even trees. The wife could not pass by, went from one flower garden to another and looked at the plants. The range of prices is very large, from three dirhams for a small flowerpot, up to five thousand for a large two-meter tree in a tub.


My wife is ready to buy everything with her eyes, but I warn you in advance that we will not deliver any of this safely (our customs officers can also get to the bottom, “What is it? ”, “Why are there no documents? ”). There are a lot of decor elements for the garden (vases, amphorae, tubs, chairs), the smell is amazing, the flowers are bright and beautiful, you don’t want to leave, but the sun is getting hotter, so we go to the car and go to the beach.

ANSAR MALL, SHARJAH

During the rest, we stopped by Ansar Mall more than once. It attracted us by the fact that there is a large grocery supermarket with good prices, a lot of different souvenirs, clothes and other things. On the top floor there are several cafes (fast food and ordinary), they cook inexpensively and tasty corn - 10, fresh juices - 0.5 liters from 9 to 12 dirhams). On the same floor there are many children's machines and attractions.

Several times we stopped by there on the way from the beach for snacks and shopping.

Separately, whole departments with counterfeit products amused (at least for me), there was the famous ABIBAS trademark, LEXUS, VERSACHE perfumes and so on.

FUJAIRAH

In the morning we leave for Fujairah, the cigarette lighter in the car still does not work (they promised to do something in the evening), so one hope for my wife's smartphone, which has an offline map of the UAE. A supply of water and food in the cabin, the tank was filled the day before, a printout with sights in the glove compartment - we hit the road.

I’ll make a reservation right away, we drove for a long time, because we passed the necessary exits and turns more than once, the constant reconstruction of the road in this country is to blame. You drive along the highway, the navigator shows that after three hundred meters you enter the bridge, you pass under the bridge, and the interchange was redone - it turns out that you had to turn BEFORE the bridge onto a secondary road that leads to the bridge.


You get upset, you think that after three or four kilometers you will turn around, but there it was also redone, and you had to change lines to the right FOR FIVE HUNDRED METERS (the road is divided by fenders), and if you didn’t, then again you have to go a few kilometers until the next turn, on which again -it's not a fact that you guess with a reversal. In general, I was touched by the habit of Arabic road builders to set a U-turn pattern already AFTER the road turned out to be divided by a curb or a bump stop, that is, you have to guess where you need to change lanes, and the sign will already tell you whether you made the right choice or not !! ! The maps in the navigator were a month old, but the Arabs are reconstructing everything at such a pace that it is impossible to keep up with them.

On the way, we met several signs warning about the possible appearance of wild camels on the track.

A couple of minutes later the jeep caught up with me, caught up and began to honk menacingly, turning my head, and I read a large inscription on board: "POLICE"! Fuck it, I arranged a race with the local police, who would have thought that in this emirate the police cars have such a beautiful (red, yellow and blue diagonal stripes) coloring! A bearded Arab in the passenger seat in a sand-colored uniform shook his finger menacingly at me, I portrayed convincing repentance on my face, immediately slowed down to the permitted speed, and began to humbly trail behind the jeep. By the way, no one thought to overtake us, all passing cars were attached behind me, as a result, we reached Fujairah in an organized column; -)))

Upon arrival in Fujairah, I entered “Fort” into the navigator, which joyfully reported that there was nothing to go here, we arrived at the place and ...didn’t see anything.

The navigator stubbornly argued to me that we had arrived at the Fujairah fort, but in reality we were circling around some new buildings, I even went out, asked around, people pointed somewhere to the side. Spat on this case, let's go further, to the embankment.

The embankment in Fujairah is huge, it's hard to even say how long it is. We stopped in a place where there seemed to be more greenery, walked, walked. It is problematic to touch the water itself, behind the stone parapet there are large boulders, on which waves break. Everything around is well-groomed and beautiful, there are practically no people, two couples met, one from Yekaterinburg (pompous and snobby spouses who believe that if they rented a BMW and live in a luxury hotel in Dubai, then everyone else should exclaim admiringly at their sight: “KU !! ! "), and another family from St. Petersburg (cool and funny people with whom it was interesting to talk on various topics).


In the park on the waterfront you can rent a bicycle cart for three people (40 dirhams / hour), but I was not tempted to ride a bike in the thirty-five-degree heat. The playground is also present, but according to the good Arab tradition, it is in the sun, so it is extremely undesirable to touch the metal parts of the swings and slides.

Then we went to Khor Fakkan, on the way I remember a huge number of oil refineries, just kilometers of factories, the smell of gasoline is very strong, I turned off the air intake from the street in the car - it became easier.

On the way we stopped at McDonald's for a bite to eat. The menu is standard, I liked the "children's corner" - tables near which there is a TV that broadcasts cartoons (in English). There are not many people, mostly tourists, one Arab family came in, dad, mom, and about five children, the noise-din rose unimaginably, thank God, they skimped on take-out and disappeared into the distance.

Noticing a large beach, we stop, disembark, go to the water, the place is good, but it is impossible to swim because of the many speedboats on jet skis, which actively cut through near the shore. You could just sunbathe, but I wanted to plunge into the warm water. We stood, we thought, we moved on. After a couple of kilometers we found another beach, it was quiet here, but another problem - the coast and the bottom are rocky, it is very difficult to enter, we are worried about the child, we go further.

Found it! Near the Sandy Beach Hotel there is a tiny beach with fine sand and a gentle entrance. It is quiet, calm, there is an entrance to the beach, we settle down and relax. While my young ladies are swimming, I wander along the beach, there is beauty around, the sun gradually sets, the mountains become illuminated from behind and acquire an orange-red areola. Not far from our bedspread I see a large stone, some kind of inscription is visible on it, I come closer, I read: “Lena and Andrey, Perm, 2013”.

Well, not Christmas trees, and it was not broke to sit and carefully scratch this inscription with something sharp! No, well, it was necessary to come to an Arab country, find a remote beach to see such a “touching” inscription!


Meanwhile, Margo is running along the shore, flying screaming into the water and, in general, having a good time in every possible way. We have a large supply of water and food, the weather is excellent, so we spend the whole daylight hours here. Cars periodically pass by, but no one stops, and does not express a desire to join the ranks of beachgoers; -))

It's getting dark and we're heading back to Ajman. We leave before dark, on the way I look out for a gas station, since there is very little gasoline left. On the way here, I saw a lot of gas stations, but the navigator leads me the other way. One gas station is closed, the second one too, the third seems to be working, but the entrance is closed with chips, I'm starting to get a little nervous. We go further, and only after 80 (!!!

We drive into the parking lot, a car washer runs up, I pay him 10 dirhams for washing the car, I send my young ladies to the supermarket and go to the rental desk.

There I see the same Filipina who promised me a master for today. I go up to her, say hello:

- Greetings. I'm talking about problems with the car, the cigarette lighter does not work, remember?

- Yes, Mr. Alex, I remember you. Unfortunately, there is no master today, he will be in three days.

- Ok, replace my car, this car doesn't suit me, I can't use it.

- Sorry, I can't help, there are no other cars.

- Clearly, call - let them bring it today.

- Today is impossible, maybe in a couple of days.

- I need it today, we agreed for TODAY!

- Sorry, I can't help, there is no master, it will be in three days.

- Understood. But I need a car for today!


I go around the car, everything seems to be intact, the headlights and dimensions are on, the socket is working, there is also an additional charge for USB, the spare wheel is in place. The tank is almost empty; Okay, let's take it, this car is clearly more expensive than our WV (the Cruze has an on-board computer, bluetooth for the phone, a sunroof, a button factory, a leather interior, rain and light sensors, additional USB ports and air conditioning control for passengers in the back seat and other). I ask if it is necessary to change the documents (I have a contract only for WV Jetta), she says that it is not necessary, if anything, let the police dial her on her mobile (give a business card). I adjust my “old” car, reload things, the girl meticulously examines the WV, accepts it without complaints, we say goodbye.

I go to the supermarket, pick up my wife and daughter, who have been waiting for me, and on the way I decide to play a little prank on them.

I deliberately lead them past the new car, when we caught up with it, I began to examine it with an interested look, walked around it and, saying: “I wonder how it looks inside! ”, opened the door, and sat in the driver's seat. The stunned wife jumped up and, looking around in fright, began to ask me to get out of someone else's (as she thought) car. I couldn't stop :

- Oh, yes, there are keys in the lock, you can start it!

- Are you out of your mind! If they see it, they'll call the police!

- Come on, I'll just start (start the engine).

- (Annie is already in shock) GET OUT IMMEDIATELY!! ! I SAID TO WHOM!!! !

- Quietly, look around, if you see anyone, you will shout, and while I make a circle, I wonder how she moves ...

- FAST OUT!! ! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!!!! !

But as if nothing had happened, I start turning on the headlights and clicking the buttons on the dashboard. The wife begins to suspect that “this is not casual”, and soothingly asks me:

Is this our new car?

- Yes, yes!

Begged…

Margo enthusiastically takes her rightful place in the back seat, exploring the additional functions of the air conditioner and more. I spend some time getting used to the new car, finally taxiing to the hotel. It immediately became noticeable that the Cruze is noticeably “dumberier” in acceleration, the engine roars during kickdown, and the speed picks up slowly, although it is quite a bit inferior in power (1.8 liters for the Cruze, versus 2.0 for the WV). Finishing the topic with cars, I want to say that the consumption of both is approximately the same, about 10-11 liters per 100 km ...

ARAB CHILDREN ARE SOMETHING!


On our next trip to the mall, we decided to leave Margot in the "children's room" - a large entertainment center for children. An hour of the child's stay there costs 10 dollars, we rent Margo to the caretaker, pay, leave a contact phone number and go shopping.

About ten minutes before the end of the paid time, we approach and observe Margot.

Anyuta did not really approve of my actions, but allowed Margo to nod. The daughter calmly got up, pushed the boy away and hit him with her palm on the neck, or rather wanted on the neck, but he decided to bend down, and it turned out to be in the ear. What started here! The boy howled in a voice that was not his own, fell to the ground and threw a tantrum, two women in black ran into the room and began to calm him down, while Margo busily ran about her business. Yes, Arab girls should be submissive and silent, but now the boy knows what is the difference between girls from his country and girls from other countries; -))

SHARJAH NATIONAL PARK

After a morning swim at Maamzar Beach, we decided to head to Sharjah National Park. Getting there was not difficult, the navigator clearly led to the right place. The entrance to the park costs as much as two dirhams, you can’t imagine a budget one.

It was not possible to park near the entrance, because there was a NIGHTMARE going on there.

Many Arab families come to this park in full force, with all their numerous relatives, bags with food, barbecues, chairs and other unimaginably necessary things for relaxation. Nobody likes to carry it, so every self-respecting Arab driver tries to park as close as possible to the entrance to the park. to unload the family and a trunk full of junk. It is not possible to do this particularly quickly, so conflicts constantly arise between cars approaching the entrance to unload, and cars that have already unloaded and want to drive off. At the same time, drivers enter into heated skirmishes, get out of their cars and arrange a "bazaar league", which also does not contribute to unloading the parking lot.


Arab families have a thorough approach to relaxing in this park - huge bowls of salads, buckets of pickled meat, a bag of cakes, baskets of vegetables - all this mass of products floats sedately and nobly on the heads and in the hands of the family, while the leader with his beloved son proudly goes ahead. The park has specially designated places for barbecue, but many bring small barbecues with them and sit right on the sidewalk. Arab kebabs look pretty funny - they are small wooden sticks strung with small pieces of meat, abundantly sprinkled with spices. Vegetables are fried separately, on all the same sticks, everything looks very appetizing and tasty.

The park has a large playground, a lot of swings, a small castle and several rides. Nearby is a sign with forbidden inscriptions, I was pleased with the last position “Do not litter! ”

”, the first thought was that you can’t drink more than a liter here, but, unfortunately, this translates as“ Do not cover up! ". The park itself looks very good, a lot of greenery, paved roads with beautiful paving stones, benches on the sides of the road, and so on. There are separate flower beds, there are small green tunnels, a huge green hill has been built, from which the local children slide sideways, or slide down on skateboards.

Not far from the entrance you can rent a bike (20 dirhams - 30 minutes), this is a four-wheeled device, there are two places for passengers in front, two seats with pedals and steering wheels in the back. The seats are quite well regulated, both in height and leg extension, at least I set it up conveniently for myself, the machine itself rides quite smoothly, I pedaled myself, and this was quite enough for a leisurely ride of my whole family.

On the way, we often met animals like chipmunks, they are not shy and allowed themselves to be examined and photographed. I was amazed by the multitude of Arabs lying in their dazzling white robes just on the grass, it didn’t even occur to them to spread something. Sharjah airport is not far away, and huge planes coming in for landing flew right over our heads more than once. It is well thought out that there are a huge number of garbage cans in the park, so you don’t have to go far to throw out the garbage. True, I have noticed more than once that local children throw garbage anywhere, but not in trash cans, this is, like, a local custom: “Throw it anywhere, baby, others will take it away, everything has been paid for! ” ".


When I rented out my bike, the Arab kids started playing catch-up around me, not shy about grabbing onto me as a cover. I make scary eyes, like a deputy who was not given a rollback, the children instantly disappear.

SHARJAH QUAY

In the evening we go to the Sharjah embankment to admire the singing fountains. We arrived quickly, but there was a serious problem - parking. Absolutely all the places were occupied, there was no desire to park in the wrong place - paying a $ 55 fine is too expensive. As a result, I barely found a place TWO kilometers from the observation point, from there we walked to the fountains.

Of course, the singing fountains in Sharjah are quite inferior to those in Dubai, but the spectacle is also beautiful. There are a lot of tourists around, mostly Russian speakers, everyone takes pictures, vividly discussing what is happening. One couple of "Russo tourists" thought of getting a bottle of rum and helping themselves right on the waterfront. A woman (Russian-speaking, but living in the UAE) approached them and warned that if the police saw them doing this, everything could end very badly, they reluctantly hide the bottle and go to their hotel.

AL AIN ZOO

It doesn't matter to anyone, but in every country we try to visit the zoo. This is such a small hobby for us, we traveled all the zoos in Ukraine, we enjoyed studying the beautiful and super neat zoo in Berlin, we traveled eight hundred kilometers from Hurghada to study the dirty and huge Cairo zoo, and so on.

It would be a crime to come to the UAE, rent a car and not visit local zoos. One of the most beautiful zoos in the UAE is the Al Ain Zoo, and we decided to go there.

From our hotel in Ajman, El Ain is only 159 km - a two hour leisurely drive on a perfect road. We picked a day for the trip on a weekday, because on weekends there is not overcrowded. We get there without adventures, there are few cars, constant detours interfere a little due to the modernization of interchanges.

The parking lot near the zoo is huge, no space was spared.

We park, take the minimum grocery set for the child and go to the cash registers.


The entrance to the zoo is decorated like a tent - a huge white dome covers the ticket office and the surrounding area. There is a separate VIP entrance, as I understand it, for those who do not want to stand in the crowd and are ready to pay extra for it. I didn’t find out how much a ticket costs there, but we didn’t need it, since there were practically no people at ordinary ticket offices. There are not so many Arab visitors themselves, most are Indians and Asians. We buy tickets - adult 20 dirhams (6 dollars), children - 10 (three dollars). Right at the entrance you can rent a baby stroller, this pleasure costs 40 dirhams ($11), the strollers themselves look almost new, there are tables, and without. There are special chairs for the disabled, as I understand it, it's free.

All large animals of the cat family are placed in enclosures with large panoramic windows, through which it is convenient to observe them. The trees in the aviary are wrapped with a strong metal mesh so that they do not sharpen their claws. In the middle, various platforms, climbing frames and secluded places for animals to rest are equipped, it is clear that they tried to think over everything and diversify the life of animals. When I was photographing, Margo sat down near the window, which interested the lion, he went up to the glass and began to consider his daughter thoughtfully, she turned and jumped out of surprise - after all, it’s difficult to see a lion a meter away from you and not react; -).

The king of beasts looked phlegmatic and sleepy, while the tigresses, on the contrary, were quite playful when the lion passed by them, each trying to bite him or arrange demonstrative somersaults in the dust.

In general, the zoo has a lot of different felines, African lions, cougars, albino white tigers and others.

There are also several tables for those who want to relax and have a bite, but there are no people who want to, since all surfaces are covered with a layer of dust flying from the enclosures.

In the monkey house (not to be confused with the IVS) we saw little interesting, there was a midday dream, and all the monkeys huddled under a canopy in one heap.

Several times a large electric car drove past us, mostly pensioners sat on it, for whom it would be very tiring to go around the zoo on their own.

There are several points around the territory where sweets and water are sold, from time to time we bought up both. On the street, as for the first of March, there is a strong heat - about 30 degrees, from time to time we hide in the shade, and arrange a little rest.


An unimaginable number of parrots, all colors and patterns. Separately, there is a room where the penguins are, there are almost never people there for one simple reason - a terrible stench, we also spent a minute there, at most.

I would like to say a separate word about ...toilets. Out of necessity, I visited one and was pleasantly surprised - a large room with air conditioning, everything shines with pristine cleanliness, every booth has been torn to a shine. Washbasins with infrared sensors, triggered by the presentation of hands. A sad janitor stood in the corner of the toilet, watching me indifferently. Knowing the customs in the Arab countries, I expected that when he left he would start begging for baksheesh, but he did not react in any way to my intention to leave. I decided to give him dirhams (I liked the cleanliness in the establishment), handed him a coin, the cleaner shook his head in fright, pointing at the camera in the corner (they say, you can’t take money from visitors).

Okay, I leave the toilet and stop (my instinct told me that this is not the end of the story), and for sure, after a couple of seconds, the janitor flew out and stood next to me, thoughtfully examining empty palms, received his coin and instantly evaporated ...

SUMMARY

The zoo is interesting, definitely worth a visit, it doesn’t have any bright features, but the variety of tigers and lions will definitely not leave anyone indifferent. It is better to visit it in not hot months, since there is little shade, the area is large and going around it takes a lot of energy. It is better to take food with you, because local cafes have a surprisingly meager menu, and even what is written on the menu is not always available. Even the smallest visitors will find something to see, and adults will certainly not be bored ...

DUBAILEND MIRACLE GARDEN

A trip to the "Magic Garden" was planned by us back in Kyiv.

To plunge into the atmosphere of flowers and plants in the month of March, wander along the alleys dotted with flowers and get a lot of impressions - that was our main goal in this place.


It is very difficult to describe in words what we saw, the flowers were everywhere, of various shapes, colors and sizes. Planted in pots, on the ground, on the walls, on the roof. There are entire houses consisting of climbing plants decorated with flowers, a couple of dozen old cars were dug up vertically and planted with flowers, flowers grow in cars under the hood, in the trunk, in general, cars were used to the fullest. We walked past the walls of fresh flowers, clusters of pots hung around, a huge eagle was laid out of flowers, and many other plant compositions.

You can talk a lot about this park, but it is impossible to convey this splendor and beauty in words.

DUBAI

I began to look out for something resembling a WC, but nothing similar was observed, only banks, shops, and so on. After ten minutes of searching, Margot warned that she could hardly stand it. Oh, let's take drastic measures - I stop in the THIRD row, near some large flower bed, plant my wife and daughter on the grass, and promise to return in five minutes. I’m leaving, and I understand that if I don’t quickly find a place, and lose them in the city, and given that they don’t have money AT ALL, then there are two ways for the development of events: the first (bad) wife and daughter will be lost, and in a couple of days on their own they get to Ajman, after which I will get a kirdyk from my wife, and the second option (very bad) is that they won’t return to the hotel before the plane leaves, and then I myself can do hara-kiri L. At the next turn, I turn around and fly to the family’s landing site , quickly pick them up, and go on, thank God, everything is over, I'm not lost ...

We wandered around, looked at the prices for electronics, did not find anything worthwhile, went for a walk along the embankment.

We saw a kiosk with shawarma and other useful products; -). I approach, I extend two hundred dirhams:

- Three shawarmas, please.

- Sorry mister, no change!

- And-and-and?

- You can pay by card.

Incredulously I hold out the card, the seller takes out the terminal, drives in the amount, I enter the pincode, and, voila, I receive an SMS about withdrawing fifteen dirhams. We divide the booty, get a couple of bags of juice, have a snack. The shawarma turned out to be delicious (and without unpleasant consequences), let's move on.


Life on the embankment is in full swing, here boats with a wide variety of goods are unloaded. There are orderly rows of refrigerators, and tires of all sizes and manufacturers, flights with brand new plastic cafe chairs, stacks of brand new plasma TVs, and much that is not identified in faceless boxes.

The ships themselves look ugly, flaky, rusty, drying laundry hangs everywhere (obviously, sailors live in them), strangers are rare here, so everyone looks askance at us, and since there is nothing else to look at, we go home.

ARTICLE 185 PART ONE

Our hotel had a rather strange cleaning system. For some reason, the cleaners began active cleaning of EMPTY rooms at four or five in the morning. It was very exciting, listening to the cheerful screams of the cleaners on the floor in the early morning, listening to the sounds of the beds being moved in the rooms, the creaking of the doors and so on. Once I could not stand it, I went into the next room, where the cleaner was cleaning up and in pure Russian told him everything I think about the cleaning time. The cleaner turned out to be understanding, and moved the cleaning time to a later time.

In addition, from time to time hotel employees treated plants and trees near the hotel.

On the fourth day of our stay at the hotel, we returned earlier in order to change after the beach and go on an excursion. When we went up to our floor, I saw the open door of one of the rooms, the sounds of cleaning were heard in the back of the room. At first I was delighted, I wanted to go in and talk with the cleaner about toiletries, but then my eyes stopped on the cart, but which neatly folded what I wanted to see in my room ...Three minutes later, the cleaner's cart was lightened by four boxes tissues, two rolls of toilet paper, a couple of dozen disposable shampoo bottles, and five bars of soap. For the next ten days, a Do Not Disturb sign hung on our door, replacing the previous "Clean up on us please" sign. We no longer needed a cleaner, and I put the trash out into the corridor in a niche near the elevator. No work - no tips ....

RUTHless ARAB POLICE


One of the days we went to the beach by another road (we went to the supermarket). At one point I took a wrong turn (didn't notice the sign) and was instantly stopped by what looked like a policeman; -) The stop itself looked very casual, a policeman came out onto the road and wearily waved his HAND towards the side of the road.

I parked, went out to the policeman, but he sternly showed me that I would return to the car while he writes out a ticket to a taxi driver standing near him with a sad look. Ok, I take out the license, and then I remember that the documents for the car were left on the table in the hotel !! ! I am sitting in a car for which I have no documents, stopped for a violation, I don’t know which one!! ! Okay, while I waited my turn, while I worked out a plan to communicate with the police ...

Policeman approaches, says (in English):

- Mister, do you know why I stopped you?

- Sorry, poor English!

- Do you know English poorly?

- Veri bad English!! !

I speak with a terrible pronunciation, in the hope that the policeman will get tired of explaining everything to me on my fingers, and he will let me go! It worked!! ! The policeman tried to explain to me the essence of my violation, even drew a diagram with signs, I nodded sadly, with all my appearance depicting remorse for committing such a terrible violation as turning under a prohibited sign. At one point, I notice that the policeman froze and was looking somewhere behind me. I turn my head and see my daughter, who lowered the window and looks at the policeman with big and sad eyes (at this moment she very much resembled a cat from Shrek). The policeman eventually laughed, treated Margot to some chewing candy, did not issue a fine, and showed how to get to the beach correctly. Oh, this Arab police, what a contrast with our traffic cops ...

ARABIAS WILDLIFE CENTER

With our love for different zoos, we couldn't help but visit the Wildlife Center. It is located near Ajman, the ride is comfortable, half an hour, and we are there.

There is a children's room where an Arab woman will look after your children for a small fee. Separately for the little ones there is a children's mini-zoo. The set of animals in the center is standard, but worth a look. Goats, sheep, camels, pigeons, all clean and well-groomed.


The Sharjah National Museum of History and the Botanical Museum are also located there. A slightly strange hybrid in terms of the combination of topics, and the same strange content. If everything is more or less clear with stuffed animals, then when the models of dinosaurs, pterodactels and other things went, I tensed a little. Then the theme smoothly moved to space, soil samples, it is strange that there were no alien models, they just asked to go there; -))

The flight without nuances, the half-empty plane made it possible to take a couple of rows and sleep well.

TRIP SUMMARY

For ourselves, we have developed a clear vacation schedule: breakfast at the hotel - beach - lunch at the hotel - rest in the room - sightseeing. There were a couple of exceptions for long trips, but basically we didn't change anything.

Buying ready-made food in a supermarket is two to three times cheaper than having lunch in a restaurant or cafe, for a budget trip, that's it!

For myself, I concluded that a vacation in the UAE with a rented car is much more convenient. We saw a considerable number of sights, traveled along the beaches, malls and other interesting places. The cost of the car was rent (300), gasoline (100), a fine for speeding (60) - 460 dollars.

It seems not a little, but excursions in the UAE are very expensive, on average about 50-60 dollars per person, and you are constantly tied to a group, and do not have the opportunity to build your own vacation.

If fate brings us to this country, then I don’t even consider the option of moving without a car ...

Didn't know how to find the public beach in Ajman. The decision was ripe simply - you have to go for the hotel bus!

We rode around the UAE, we drove far; -)))

Wild camels on the way to Fujairah

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Обед!
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Дорога дальняя...
Рисунок Марго. Легкая абстракция ;-)
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Пляж в Аджмане
Супермаркет в Аджмане
Дочка после ночных покатушек заснула в машине.
Дочка после ночных покатушек заснула в машине.
Ночной Аджман
Ночной Аджман
Банияс Сквер, Дубаи
Банияс Сквер, Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Набережная в Дубаи
Утренний туман в Аджмане
Утренний туман в Аджмане
Пляж в Аджмане
Мажор в Дубаи
Шарджа
Шарджа
Шарджа
Шарджа
Шарджа
Шарджа
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Золотой рынок в Шардже
Батут в Аджмане
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