Our Adventure in Al Dhafra Festival: Journey to central Abu Dhabi

Howdy everyone? How'ya all doing? I hope everyone is doing good. Am I dreaming? Nope! Yeah, my self-imposed blogging break is over. I am finally back in the blogosphere. To compensate for my loonggggggggg absence, I will post more photos today. Let me continue my story about our adventure in Al Dhafra Festival organized by Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority last December 2011.

It was one foggy and windy Monday morning when we left Al Ain City and headed to central Abu Dhabi. I was a bit worried and hesitant to travel since hubby was not around. We had to take the public transportation  all the way from Al Ain to Madinat Zayed. My hesitation grew even more when I saw that the visibility on the road was significantly reduced, knowing the "driving habits" of the motorists here in the UAE. Since we were all excited about our trip, I just shrugged my shoulders and  took a deep breath and filled my lungs with cool and fresh air. We simply ignored the weather and off we went to Al Ain Bus station at 07:20 AM.

at Al Mutaredh District while we were waiting for the taxi

at the Central District on our way to Al Ain Bus Station

As soon as we stepped out of the taxi, we all realized that we were late for the 07:30 AM bus and we had to wait for another bus. An employee told us to wait inside the designated waiting station. We were sitting for about 25 minutes when JM and Joel started to complain. Kids became impatient as the clock started ticking. 

at the bus station

To divert their attention, I asked them to buy some food to munch while I was busy taking pictures of this cute critter :))

After 15 more minutes, I, too became impatient. We decided to take a cab for rent along with the other 2 passengers and headed to Abu Dhabi without even thinking of the risk. At exactly 10:15 AM, we arrived safely at Abu Dhabi Bus Station and our journey to Madinat Zayed has begun.

on our way to Abu Dhabi taken inside the cab

JM beside the stone falcon at Abu Dhabi Bus Station

Related post: Prologue: Our Adventure in Al Dhafra Festival

TO BE CONTINUED.....
(these photos are straight out of the camera, resized to low resolution and no pp done.)

Happy New Year!!!

Allow me to pause for a while. I'm leaving you with these photos taken last night at the Burj Park in Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. I've been there to watch the new year's fireworks together with my family. Happy New Year dear friends, readers and visitors of Al Ain City Daily Photo!! Wishing you a prosperous 2012!

By the way, my next post will be the continuation of our adventure in Al Dhafra Festival. Have a great start of  the new year!

Edited as of January 30, 2012 : I joined the Fireworks Picture Competition and if it isn't too much to ask, please vote for me. Click HERE and click the word vote at the right side of my photo entry. Thank you.

Prologue: Our adventure in Al Dhafra Festival

at the camel race track in Madinat Zayed

It was one foggy and freezing cold Monday morning when I and the kids headed to the western region of Abu Dhabi to visit the Al Dhafra Festival. It took us about 5 hours to finally see the festival villages and some camels. We travelled around 140 kms. from Al Ain to central Abu Dhabi and another 140 kms. from central Abu Dhabi to Madinat Zayed.

~~To be continued~~          

(P.S. Thank you so much for dropping by my blog and for leaving your comment(s). I will return your visit as soon as I can. I'm still on tonight and I'm hoping for a quiet graveyard shift.)