tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post3832481605349548320..comments2023-10-17T16:44:08.588+03:00Comments on Fake Plastic Souks: BlacktopAlexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-8528223281256279612008-05-24T21:11:00.000+03:002008-05-24T21:11:00.000+03:00How so. Every time a dirt track becomes a legit ro...How so. <BR/><BR/>Every time a dirt track becomes a legit road, you feel like mankind is raping another little piece of planet.<BR/><BR/>I am amused at the realization that the definition of "a nice spot" for me is increasingly coincident with "a place with few humans"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-35995654511325116672008-05-24T11:26:00.000+03:002008-05-24T11:26:00.000+03:00Did this route last in February when they were rol...Did this route last in February when they were rolling out the asphalt. We had one last race down the graded track and then down the wadi itself where the water was about one foot deep down to the pools. Nice.<BR/>Hasta la vista, Hatta!huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299456569511629114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-59918752605671941452008-05-22T17:41:00.000+03:002008-05-22T17:41:00.000+03:00I don't know if it's a form of dyslexia developing...I don't know if it's a form of dyslexia developing or lack of sleep, but for some reason I subsituted the word 'workers' in your second line for 'wankers'.<BR/><BR/>The "Madam/Al Ain road": bet you loved it, alexander.<BR/><BR/>btw, big snippet from your post on Satwa on pg 17 of Time Out Dubai, May 22 editioni*maginatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11768590735811322295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-72042230788966518702008-05-22T14:15:00.000+03:002008-05-22T14:15:00.000+03:00Done it the other way several times, and it's alwa...Done it the other way several times, and it's always spectacular, especially last year after the rains. We took some visitors, drove through from the Hatta side, then turned right at the 'T junction back north towards the border and Dubai. Driving through that verdant valley in a spring twilight will long be one of my most cherished memories of this part of the world.<BR/><BR/>You're right though, it's just not the same now the road through is tarmac!<BR/><BR/>EoDEyeOnDubaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599441309027509658noreply@blogger.com