East Coast, UAE Photo Gallery by Brian McMorrow at pbase.com

East Coast, UAE

The east coast of the United Arab Emirates, comprised of the Emirates of Fujairah and portions of the Emirate of Sharjah, lies on the Indian Ocean at the foot of the Hajar Mountains. It is the most scenic area of the country. Fujairah is the largest city on the east coast.

A new road across the desert will shorten the drive time from Dubai to the east coast	Dunes enroute to the east coast	Desert grass	The first signs of the mountains
Western slope of the Hajar Mountains	A new road across the mountains to Kalba	The Friday Market along the road in Masafi	The Friday Market is there every day of the week
They can be a bit pushy...	The Hajar Mountains have many rugged back roads to explore	Wadi is Arabic for valley	Route of a new pipeline across the mountains
Date palm plantation	Dibba	Mosque in Dibba, at the north end of the UAE's east coast	Minaret in Dibba
House in Dibba festively decorated in the UAE flag	House in Dibba festively decorated in the UAE flag	A roundabout in Dibba	Sheikh Zayed
A small mosque on the East Coast	Date palms	A dirt road heading for the mountains off the main highway E99	East Coast Highway E99
Gulf of Oman,east coast of the UAE	Palms and the Hajar Mountains	Produce stand along the east coast highway	Another smal mosque on the east coast
In places the E99 runs directly along the Indian Ocean	Fisherman bringing the catch ashore	Pulling in the nets	Indian Ocean net fishermen, UAE
Inspecting the haul	Spreading the nets along the beach	Fisherman on the beach	The Catch of the Day
The Catch of the Day	Unfortunately, fishermen here aren't too keen on throwning back the non-commercial fish	Loaded for market	Fish is the back of a truck headed for the market
Net fishermen along the East Coast of the UAE	Al Bidyah Mosque, the oldest in the UAE, dates from 20 A.H. (640 AD)	Al Bidyah Mosque	Al Bidyah Mosque
Al Bidyah Mosque	History of Al Bidyah Mosque	Cactus Garden around Al Bidyah Mosque with a watchtower on the hill	1400 year old Al Bidyah Mosque, East Coast UAE
Al Bidyah Mosque	This is one of the few mosques that allow non-Muslim visitors	Al Bidyah Mosque	Al Bidyah Mosque
Al Bidyah Mosque	Watch tower above Al Bidyah Mosque	Extensive palm groves at Al Bidyah, UAE, with the Hajar Mountains	Palm forest at Al Bidyah
Palm grove at Al Bidyah with the Indian Ocean	Watch tower at Al Bidyah	Al Bidyah	Al Bidyah
Watch tower at Al Bidyah	Al Bidyah	Modern Al Bidyah, a typical UAE small town	Modern Al Bidyah, a typical UAE small town
Khorfakkan, part of the Emirate of Sharjah	Khorfakkan, UAE	Khorfakkan has a beautiful beach	Khorfakkan
Khorfakkan	Oceanus Hotel, Khorfakkan	Khorfakkan Souq	Khorfakkan Souq
Fishermen on the beach north of Fujairah	Fisherman use trucks to help pull in the nets	Coffeepot Roundabout Fujairah	Fujairah
Etisalat Building Fujairah	Fujairah	Roy in Fujairah	Eagle Roundabout near Fujairah Airport
Eagle Roundabout and Fujairah Tower	Fujairah License Plate	Fujairah plates read "Al-Imarat Al-Arabiyah" or Arab Emirates along the top	Hilton Fujairah
Beachfront at the Fujairah Hilton	Fujairah Hilton	View towards the Hilton	View NE from Fujairah Tower
View W from Fujairah Tower	View NW from Fujairah Tower	View N from Fujairah Tower	Etisalat Building Fujairah
Fujairah Fort	Fujairah Fort	Fujairah Fort	Fujairah Fort
Fujairah Fort	Fujairah Fort, freshly restored, will soon be open to visitors	Fujairah Fort is nearly 300 years old	Fujairah Fort
Fujairah Fort	Fujairah Fort	Fujairah Fort	Fujairah Fort
Old mosque at the base of Fujairah Fort	Mosque door near Fujairah Fort	Mosque door near Fujairah Fort	Mosque door near Fujairah Fort
Mosque door near Fujairah Fort	Other buildings are being restored in the historic district	Fujairah historic district	Fujairah historic district
alaqahfeb04 367.JPG	Fujairah Museum	Fujairah Museum	Fujairah Museum
Fujairah Museum	Fujairah Museum	A photograph in the Fujairah Museum showing the old district of Fujairah quite run down	A painting of the Emir of Fujairah's family and Sheikh Zayed
The ancestors of the Emir of Fujairah	Sheikh Zayed	Fujairah Museum	Stone vessels ca 1800 BC from Bidyah
Amphora, 1st-2nd C. AD, from Bithnah	Old coffee pots, Fujairah Museum	Khanjar, Fujairah Museum	Khanjar, Fujairah Museum
Recreation of an Arabian sitting room	Science in Arabia, Fujairah Museum	10 Riyal coins of the State of Fujairah were minted 1969-70	A different spelling of Fujairah
Munich Olypmic 5 Riyal coin from Fujairah	Apollo XIII 10 Riyal coin from Fujairah	Not many Nixon coins in the world...25 Riyals gold coin from Fujairah	The Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa from space, Fujairah Museum
Palm grove, Fujairah	View NW at night	View N at night	View NE at night
View W at night	Fujairah's jumped on the offshore project bandwagon	Wadi Hayl, a short drive west of Fujairah	Wadi Hayl
Palm plantation	Free roaming donkeys	More donkeys	Wadi Hayl
Wadi Hayl	Wadi Hayl	Wadi Hayl	Wadi Hayl
Wadi Hayl	Roy	Al Hayl Palace	Ruins near Al Hayl Palace
Ruins near Al Hayl Palace	Al Hayl Palace	Watch tower	Wadi Hayl
Watch tower	Al Hayl Palace	View of the palm groves from the watch tower	Wadi Hayl
Al Hayl Palace, Fujairah	Wadi Hayl	Al Hayl Palace	Wadi Hayl
Fancy doors	Camels near Kalba	Camel near Kalba	Camels near Kalba
Camels near Kalba	Fort in Kalba, another part of the Emirate of Sharjah	Kalba Fort	A modern mosque in Kalba, UAE
Al Andalus Street, Kalba	Mosque in Kalba, at the southern end of the UAE's East Coast

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