Emirates: lots of money and off-road

We are back in the desert, in the Arab Emirates on the way to Musandam and stopped off for the night next to an abandoned village that has been taken over by sand dunes.
During the night crazy Emiratis were driving their sand vehicles in circles around us. Thank god, also they need to sleep at some time.
The next morning we crossed a small workshop renovating ancient rusting Toyota Land cruisers from the 70ties making them look as if they had never left the showroom.
As we drive we notice that sand is everywhere, blowing into every "nook and cranny" . Life here seems to be a battle against the advancing sand.
Finally we stopped off at the Off-road museum, a crazy establishment sponsored by the Sheik who is a great off-road fan. Here, hundreds of off-road vehicles dating back to 1900 are displayed plus many crazy creations of fantasy created by people with too much money and nothing to do. The amazing thing is that every vehicle in this museum, drives. Once a year they are driven into the desert to a gigantic oldtimer off-road meeting and are then returned to the museum, cleaned by hundreds of labourers, and are then on display for another year!Baca lagi