Nick picked me up last week from the airport in our newest addition to the family...It's a 2007 Jeep Cherokee otherwise known as the Liberty in the States.

While we didn't have much choice as for the color, yes we know...black is hard to keep clean, but here in the UAE any car is hard to keep clean with sand storms and dirt from all the construction. And if you want it washed you will find guys willing to do it almost anywhere you decide to park it!

And then there's the heat. Obviously the sun's pretty attracted to our beauty, but when it beats down into it with temps pushing 48 degrees, what's an extra few degrees..it's hot everywhere.....it feels like a sauna when you step outside and the car will be no different. Hopefully we'll get some tinting done to it and that will help block some of the sun's insane rays!

Until I get my license, which won't be until August unfortunately, as it was stolen and don't have time to get a replacement, Nick will be chauffeuring me around! Probably better off, I think he's much more confident driving here in the land of absolute craziness when it comes to the road!

It really seems to be a survival of the fittest on the road and the bigger the car the better. If we were in the US, I'd like to think we would've gone with something a little more 'green' and better gas mileage, but here, we needed some size on the road. Not too bully other small cars, just to be on the safe side that hopefully we'll be seen by these mad drivers here. Like when a car from the right lane decides they want to turn left at the last minute and cuts across 3 lanes of traffic without realizing there are cars going straight! This is a pretty normal occurrence, not kidding!

Driving and speeding go hand in hand here and seems to be a favorite pastime for Emiratis and other Middle Eastern people which is apparent when you drive on the highway from Abu Dhabi to Dubai. If we are going 10k of the speed limit, then the huge Landcruisers or BMWs that cruise by in the fast lane have to be going at least 30-40 k over the speed limit!

I have rarely ever seen anyone pulled over by a police officer for speeding, they don't seems to try and prevent accidents, but they do attend to them when they happen and they do happen everyday. It's not unusual to be cruising around town and within minutes already see a couple of them. Thankfully there are speed cameras now around town, but this really hasn't seemed to help curb the speeding, I'm assuming that those who are driving fast, get tickets and then never have to pay them because some how they are connected...hardly the point when it's these people who drive like maniacs and end up causing a majority of the accidents.

Here's a good video, no you don't see this everyday, but maybe Nick and I should get some 2 wheeler lessons, so we can be this cool in our Jeep too! This is crazy, but it's not surprising!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgpLaS0YyRw