Al Ain, UAE

DAY 4

After the fun trip to Ferrari world yesterday. Today we take more chill and rilex by doing Road Trip to a place call Al Ain. Al Ain is said to contain more heritage and cultural side of UAE. which different sikit dari Abu Dhabi more modernize. Kalau in Western countries we call it country side. haaa macam tu lah Al Ain...  Me ada lah pernah dengar nama Al Ain nie tapi tak sure lah apa specialnye tempat nie. ehehhee... yg tau ada ladang UNTA! ehehhee... tapi kitaorg tak d pown dalam itinerary sbb dah tgk UNTA masa Dessert Safari Day 2 arie tu..

Apa pown pagi2 before gerak wajib breakfast dulu.
alas perut gitew... with dua keping roti at least.

Depends on the speed limit and traffic.. our journey to Al Ain take us dlm 2 jam jugak lah nak sampai. Jauh kan.. along the way pown mcm nothing much excep pokok and old building. seriously old kalau nak compare dgn building in Abu Dhabi city. kedai2 pown alaa mcm kedai runcit lama2 kat malaysia but thats what makes it UNIQUE on its own way.
Apa lagi best kan masa on the way ingat kan apa lah kat blakang lori nie.. gerak2 kepala... skali excited okay nampak few UNTA kat blakang.. hehehee.. kalau kat Malaysia nampak AYAM or ITIK ke.. kalau kat AUSSIE plak slalu nampak KUDA or ANJING or KAMBING BIRI-BIRI. nie kat UAE nampak UNTA... ehehehe... mmg siap video le jawabnya... kesian jugak tau dorunk. ye lah dorunk dah lah kaki panjang dgn bonggol lagi. leher pown panjang. tgk pown macam dorunk nak je tinggikan leher dorunk. lenguh kowt.. (^^,)

SANTAI BRO kena ANGIN ehehehe...

FINALLY nampak dah signboard nie.. yeay we reach AL AIN.. alhamdulillah.

abaikan gambar bercapuk sebab cermin kreta kotor.
al maklumlah stay kat negara padang pasir lah katakan.
nak buka tingkap x sempat. so snap je lah.

Mesti nak tahu apa my first impression of this place...OKAY mcm kat shah alam lah plak. dorunk tak banyak traffic light tapi kejap2 round about. nasib Aishah dah expert drive so tak d lah kitaorg takut sangat nak masuk ahahhaa... tapi intresting kat dorunk nye round about tu lah dorunk mencantikkan their city dgn all the decorations.

Kitaorang ada jugak lalu UAE University. Tak d lah grand mana pown, simple je.  Not as grand looks like harry potter building (UniSyd) ke or even UITM (Malaysia).. Kitaorg lalu je and nampak signboard. nak masuk sini macam strict je. aahahhaa... biasalah langkah berjaga2 takut gaks kang salah masuk kowt ada sniper ke apa ke. ye lah never wrong to be careful kan especially kitaorg dua je girls travel.

Our first stop would be The AL AIN OASIS. apa tempat nie kan? mesti wondering jugak. ahahaha.. lagi2 like me.. mmg tak tahu apa lahkan. nasib Aishah mcm my lil bro jugak jenis rajin baca and apalagi mmg tukang explain lah kat sista dia nie. ahahahaa.. 

Nie Pintu gerbang AL AIN OASIS.
Jumpa pintu nie sah lah u have reach your destination.

Awal2 tu nak comfirmkan kitaorg tanya pak guard kat sini. sebab mcm empty je. baik tau. haahha.. tapi dia siap kasi tahu.. jangan jalan sampai dalam sgt bahaya. Owh lupa plak nak explain what this place all about? OASIS nie adalah ladang KURMA. ahahaha.. kitaorang apa lagi ITS TIME TO FIND DATES.. ahahaha not as in partner. kejadian misunderstand berlaku antara AISHAH and the pak guard.

we asked pak guard:

What is this place?

pak guard:

this place is DATES (but Aishah dengar DEAD)

so Aishah pown tanya:

WHY IS IT DEAD? (me kat tepi dah pelik? kenapa plak si Aishah nie? dah tentu2 dia yg ckp tadi nie ladang KURMA (DATE) lagi boleh tanya nape DATE? ) ahhahahaa...

kitaorang dorunk dah gelak. ahahhaa... LOST kejap.

So apa lagi kitaorg pown meneruskan perjalanan masuk kat ladang nie. Tapi bak kata pak guard tu tak yah jauh2. ahahha.. mcm tau2 je kitaorg nie tak brape nak rajin jalan jauh. but bukan sebab kitaorg malas or what. but he said its dangerous. Most of the dates dah kena petik pown. So nothing much u can see except pokok2 dia je.

Bila patah balik g kat pak guard, belah kanan ada mcm satu cottege nie. Kalau nak beli Fresh Dates dorunk mmg ada jual. no jokes its fresh and manis giler. not to mention teramat lah lembut. kalau yg ske jenis kering2 may b not really ur taste. tapi rasa je.. serious tak nyesal. but make sure bawa air kosong siap2 sebab manis sgt!

One pack like this only cost you 20 DIRHAMS je.
(RM24 / AUD 8) murah kan??

dah beli dapat plak rasa not from our pack of course.
dia siap suruh amik lah byk2 ahahhaa... mcm tau2 je kan ske KURMA
who doesnt like DATES? ahahhaa..

Sebelah OASIS nie ada CULTURAL AND HERITAGE MUSUEM, kitaorg tak masuk but sape yg berminat nak tahu or about AL AIN heritage boleh ah try masuk. TICKETS dia murah je 3 Dirham utk adult and 1 Dirham utk budak bawah 10 tahun. murah kan? 

Lepas OASIS nie... kitaorg bergerak ke AL AIN mall. sebab perut pown dah bunyi. ehehhee..  to have more choice so g lah mall. kedai2 tepi nie tak sure apa je. 

1st day : makan VIETNAM

2nd day : ARAB (DESSERT SAFARI)

3rd day : ITALIAN 

4th day : we end up makan IRANIAN FOOD

HATAM MIX GRILLED (44 Dirhams), TABOULE (15 Dirhams), RICE (2) and 2 Minerals (13) = 74 DIRHAMS 

Nama kedai dia HATAM. Mostly kedai nie byk jugaklah cawangan dia. Kat Abu dhabi pown rasanya ada nampak. Slalu portion food mcm nie byk. so we order satu je lah and share. Mmg banyak giler. kenyang and some kitaorg bawa balilk je. 

Then dah kenyang bagai.. ngantuk lah jugak actually tapi im a good co-pilot mana boleh tdo. ahahha.. so to wake me up Aishah kata next kita gi JEBEL HAFEET. haaaa... lagi lah tak tahu menda plak nie kan? ahahhaa... rupanya its the GREATEST DRIVING ROAD. giler ah... of coz the greatest kalau tak FAST & FURIOUS 7 tak d lah shoot kat sini. ehhehe. jalan dia berliku. byk jugaklah bekas2 tayar drift kat sini. BAHAYA okay but yg dah biasa okaylah. 

Tak lama pown nak drive naik dlm 15-20 minutes sampai. Along the way ada some pit stop for you to take some pictures. tapi mostly berpagarlah. so tak nampak sgt unless pakai selfie stick or go pro. nasib aishah ada go pro. ehehhee... saya menumpang jugak lah. 

Haaa... nie bukan budget gatal.. skali pandang masa dia trun kreta dah dub dab gaks ah.. ye lah mana tau VAN DIESEL ke or THE ROCK ahahha.. skali imbas ada gaya. al maklumlah tempat FAST & FURIOUS. ahahhaa.. rupanya naahh... SAMA tapi TAK SERUPA! hahahaha... nie first pit stop. tu je mampu amik dgn wide lense ku. better enjoy je the view. Imagine zaman2 NABI kejap. haaa.. ye lah kan alaaa GURUN and PADANG PASIR!

Nie view dah sampai atas skali. oh and dekat2 nak sampai atas tak leh amik gambar along the way je sbb ada lalu PRIVATE PROPERTY. Plus dekat dgn sempadan OMAN. so jangan macam2 lah kalau dah kat Sempadan nie. baik simpan je camera tu dulu. Sampai je atas kluar balik. ehehhee...

Jangan tanya kenapa tak d pagar kitaorg punya view. Bijak sikit. ahahhaa... semua Aishah lah nie. Saya ikut je. dah gambar lawa. kita pown nak jugak ahahaha... ttbe ada satu mamat nie pown dtg join tempat kitaorg. ahahaa.. dia minta tolong amik gambar. pastu ada lah borak2 sikit. Dia asal indian tapi dah kije and stay kat dubai more than 10 years. nama dia LALIET. dia siap ckp kalau sampai dubai roger lah.. boleh dia bawa jalan and gi coffee ke dinner ke. ahahhaa. bila ckp Indian je pale otak nie pikir.. eyh mcm alaa hindustan plak dia nie. ahahah.. kitaorg tak d lah rasa dia gatal ke apa. sebab macam bapak2 je ahahhaa.. plus alaaa.. tolong org je tangkap gambar je pown. mana tau nnt org tolong kita plak.  

after dah puas dgn d view, boleh lah g beli munchies ke or air botol ke or even makan pown boleh. ada small cafe kat sini yg very d old. not so modern. agak dissapointed jugaklah bila tgk. Harap2 lagi few years dorunk buat le CAFE helok sikit. tapi mcm snacking while rilex nak turun, kitaorg beli lah jugak Fries.. and guess who came to join us...

This cat. kesian sgt dia LAPAR... kasi fries habis kasi habis. kalau ada jual makanan kucing dah beli dah. sebab tak tahu apa nama dia. kitaorg panggil dia HAFEET. ye lah takkat nak panggil dia JEBEL. JEBEL means MOUNTAIN. dia Kucing bukan Gunung. ahahhaa... and teruja nampak air nie terus beli sebab mcm kat msia punya buuuuttt.. nahhh.. rasa langsung tak sama! Malaysia punya sedap lagi!! like seriously Way sedap!

So this concludes our day, before gelap kitaorg gerak turun from JEBEL HAFEET nie. sebab bahaya kalau nak turun bila gelap sbb jalan dia akan gelap dah berliku2 so as good traveler, we make a move dulu.. and thats all for our TRIP to AL AIN. 

as in for my expenses for the day,

KURMA (20/2) : 10 DIRHAMS each

HATAM LUNCH (74/2) : 37 DIRHAMS each

JEBEL HAFEET CAFA: 15 Dirhams

MINYAK : 15 Dirhams 

TOTAL : 77 DIRHAMS 

haaa day 5 wonder what will i do plak? ehehhee..