Al Ayn, the border post.
is rolled smoothly between Nizwa and Al Ain, the trouble begins in the hut next to emirates. (There is no trouble out of Oman)
It's hot, we are still far from the sea, the air is dry, it is noon.
Our friends who lived in the UAE last year were struggling to understand what does not. It there is a misunderstanding of their place of residence. The customs
:-What are you doing? It
: we're on vacation
The customs : so how did you manage to get a visa to Oman for a month? It
: Well, the airport customs
The : yes, but why do not you exit visa in the UAE? It
: because I am from France! The customs
: you were there on vacation? It
: but no, I live there
The customs : no, you live UAE! It
Ah no, alas, it's over, I left this paradise last summer, with big regrets. The customs
: ben, no, you are not deleted from our files, your resident card is still valid ... (All this in Arabic!)
1:30 later, the problem is resolved. (The computer, it is good, it is still necessary to master the mysteries!)
Meanwhile, our car refused to restart. This is the car rental more juice in the battery. We found the cables, we start, but leave the engine running while the administrative conflict of our friends. It
hold, realigned, we need to find new cables (our pair remained in the car stranded in Nizwa, of course! The MEL!)
Now she agrees to start, but hold the slightest relaxation of the pedal accelerator. 3 attempts later, customs officers come to our assistance in leaving their air-conditioned shack and coming to settle the final formalities before letting us go to lunch at 20 minutes drive from a friend of our friends.
We have done everything for failing to quickly pass this border: at one time, we push the car to give Sandrine to the idea of a picture: "we laugh in 10 years." I must confess that even at the time, it was very funny. Customs, they have much less humor, and they demanded the immediate removal of the plate hilarious ... (shit, and my blog, then?)
2:45 for a border crossing OMAN WATER ... who says better?
We'll have lunch in the humble abode of "Rain" (literal translation of his name ... in a desert country, which is rare is expensive!)
He lives with his parents. We imagine a hut with 3 generations living side by side with the fan ... Neighbors
right, green house, 850 m2 ground ...
The lounge is the surface of a tennis court, furnished with wooden armchairs golden, plump cushions and fringed brown, the flat screens broadcast the news channel Al Jazeera, without sound. The air conditioning is blocked at 23 °, it peels. So we have lunch at 16 o'clock, they killed the goat, and we're all together, no segregation between men and women. Finally, a little anyway, women are on one side of the "table" (one is on the floor, a lovely tablecloth plastoc) men on the other.
Here we discover life in opulence : The maids come and go, the guard left with one of the gardener to bring our car to the garage, our baby is supported by one of six nannies ... 10 people work here full time. The wife of "Rain" is unable to say how we make coffee. Here, no question of watering the abaya, the small staff there for that ... She suggested to my husband as a birthday offering me a small bag Chanel ... class! We'll think about it.
After a stroll in the garden, vegetable garden and backyard family garden built around the three houses, we leave as we expected from a Another UAE for dinner. (3-hour drive ...)
Branch Dubai!
The night falls, the huge houses follow one another (sometimes pink!), Some people in a hurry put the lives of eight people in danger to get a bit earlier at home, we feel the beginnings of the city to tens of kilometers Upon arrival, we discover here and there amazing buildings, one guesses the top of the towers at night, we opened wide our eyes and counting the number of lines on highways, we see huge amusement parks, we marvel fewer nodes to motorway junctions. However, Geraldine whispers the path of his sweet voice of GPS, but is Gege has been. Without lifting of its software last year, she is out of the race the same. Yeah, here, everything goes fast, and if you're not in, you're dead!
is blurry, had to act quickly ... Burgh Al Arab, purple phase. A pause
(pee) quick photo at the Jumeirah Hotel, we go by car. Luster:
After a big loose-topo on the end, we come with 4 good hours late with our host. It is still a friend of our friends, and there is much more strict. Our husbands will not see the wife, she waits in his majlis (living room) and speak not English. Fortunately, my friend took courses in Arabic. Children play football in the living room, then hide and seek, it's party.
Re-drive to the hotel marbella Pretties in Sharjah: David among the Goliath ... for how long? It's 3 o'clock when we turn off the lights ... I have one more year.
is rolled smoothly between Nizwa and Al Ain, the trouble begins in the hut next to emirates. (There is no trouble out of Oman)
It's hot, we are still far from the sea, the air is dry, it is noon.
Our friends who lived in the UAE last year were struggling to understand what does not. It there is a misunderstanding of their place of residence. The customs
:-What are you doing? It
: we're on vacation
The customs : so how did you manage to get a visa to Oman for a month? It
: Well, the airport customs
The : yes, but why do not you exit visa in the UAE? It
: because I am from France! The customs
: you were there on vacation? It
: but no, I live there
The customs : no, you live UAE! It
Ah no, alas, it's over, I left this paradise last summer, with big regrets. The customs
: ben, no, you are not deleted from our files, your resident card is still valid ... (All this in Arabic!)
1:30 later, the problem is resolved. (The computer, it is good, it is still necessary to master the mysteries!)
Meanwhile, our car refused to restart. This is the car rental more juice in the battery. We found the cables, we start, but leave the engine running while the administrative conflict of our friends. It
hold, realigned, we need to find new cables (our pair remained in the car stranded in Nizwa, of course! The MEL!)
Now she agrees to start, but hold the slightest relaxation of the pedal accelerator. 3 attempts later, customs officers come to our assistance in leaving their air-conditioned shack and coming to settle the final formalities before letting us go to lunch at 20 minutes drive from a friend of our friends.
We have done everything for failing to quickly pass this border: at one time, we push the car to give Sandrine to the idea of a picture: "we laugh in 10 years." I must confess that even at the time, it was very funny. Customs, they have much less humor, and they demanded the immediate removal of the plate hilarious ... (shit, and my blog, then?)
2:45 for a border crossing OMAN WATER ... who says better?
We'll have lunch in the humble abode of "Rain" (literal translation of his name ... in a desert country, which is rare is expensive!)
He lives with his parents. We imagine a hut with 3 generations living side by side with the fan ... Neighbors
right, green house, 850 m2 ground ... The lounge is the surface of a tennis court, furnished with wooden armchairs golden, plump cushions and fringed brown, the flat screens broadcast the news channel Al Jazeera, without sound. The air conditioning is blocked at 23 °, it peels. So we have lunch at 16 o'clock, they killed the goat, and we're all together, no segregation between men and women. Finally, a little anyway, women are on one side of the "table" (one is on the floor, a lovely tablecloth plastoc) men on the other.
Here we discover life in opulence : The maids come and go, the guard left with one of the gardener to bring our car to the garage, our baby is supported by one of six nannies ... 10 people work here full time. The wife of "Rain" is unable to say how we make coffee. Here, no question of watering the abaya, the small staff there for that ... She suggested to my husband as a birthday offering me a small bag Chanel ... class! We'll think about it.
After a stroll in the garden, vegetable garden and backyard family garden built around the three houses, we leave as we expected from a Another UAE for dinner. (3-hour drive ...) Branch Dubai!
The night falls, the huge houses follow one another (sometimes pink!), Some people in a hurry put the lives of eight people in danger to get a bit earlier at home, we feel the beginnings of the city to tens of kilometers Upon arrival, we discover here and there amazing buildings, one guesses the top of the towers at night, we opened wide our eyes and counting the number of lines on highways, we see huge amusement parks, we marvel fewer nodes to motorway junctions. However, Geraldine whispers the path of his sweet voice of GPS, but is Gege has been. Without lifting of its software last year, she is out of the race the same. Yeah, here, everything goes fast, and if you're not in, you're dead!
is blurry, had to act quickly ... Burgh Al Arab, purple phase. A pause (pee) quick photo at the Jumeirah Hotel, we go by car. Luster:
After a big loose-topo on the end, we come with 4 good hours late with our host. It is still a friend of our friends, and there is much more strict. Our husbands will not see the wife, she waits in his majlis (living room) and speak not English. Fortunately, my friend took courses in Arabic. Children play football in the living room, then hide and seek, it's party. Re-drive to the hotel marbella Pretties in Sharjah: David among the Goliath ... for how long? It's 3 o'clock when we turn off the lights ... I have one more year.
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