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 |
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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 |