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Saturday started with Mike & I taking a Hot Air Balloon over the desert… starting at 5am. I was NOT excited about having to wake up that early, but once in a life time…The balloons had about 20 people in them each and the sunrise was AMAZING!
We could see people's homes, camels, and mountains - and ballooning was definitely different than what I expected - I absolutely loved it.
Not much going on for Saturday afternoon. Saturday evening, we went on the Desert Safari/Dinner. It came HIGHLY recommended by Jackie, who had recently been there. You go dune bashing (to some very interesting music).Dune bashing is mainly taking a 4WD vehicle off roading, but on sand. It's SOOO much fun!!We stopped halfway through to take pictures and enjoy it. After the dune bashing was over, Mike and I took an ATV over the smaller dunes, which also was fun. It was here that a baby camel was in a little pen for us to take pictures with. For some reason, every time I pet this baby camel (only me, no one else that was there), this baby camel lunged for my chest and tried to bite me.
We took a short car ride to the site where the BBQ was.They had camels lined up for rides, but after the baby camel, I thought it would be safer for me to just go eat.There were majlis (low cushions) in traditional Bedouin tents. We grabbed a tent and I went off to get a (temporary) Henna tattoo on my wrist.There was a belly dancer there that the guys were more interested in, but I was more interested in the food.
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