Jen and Nick's Adventures: October 11

SUPing

And another post on SUPing...just because I didn't realize both of us had already started one on here!

Here's Stew Nield managing a hand stand. Gives new meaning to the term "Walking on Water" commonly used amongst SUP'ers.

Jen and two friends / students Laura and Mike. I bet Laura wishes her student were as attentive as she is.

Nick Having fun.

On top of Jebel Hafeet

We drove up to Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain, while not technically the highest peak in the UAE, it's up there and has a great road the takes you all the way to the top where you can also see Oman as its border is quite close to Al Ain.

Just someone's house at the top of the mountain

from the top look at the winding road on the right

about half way up

We drove up and drove down, but for a thrill maybe next time we'll do something crazy like this:

A day on Jabel Hafeet :) from zbat on Vimeo.

Embracing Emirati Culture

I had an opportunity to join a group of Emirati and Expat women for day trip to Al Ain where we visited the camel market and spent the afternoon on a date farm where we had lunch, got traditional henna done, learned more about dates, talked about our two cultures with the Emiratis and listened to a short presentation that the girls and Ali (he's like the cultural ambassador for the UAE and helped put this great day on for us)

Emirati culture presentation

talking about the date trees

Arabic food, yum

The coffee guy

Jahili Fort

Traditional Henna

at the Camel Market

Wakeboarding

Construction on a cool looking building at the Exhibition Center

Had my firt attempt at wakeboarding a few weekends ago...good fun, here are some pics down near the Exhibition Center owning a boat would be perfect here, but we'll stick to our 11 foot paddleboards for now...they're much cheaper!

trying to get ready

totally didn't get a pic of the flip I did :)

Stand Up and Paddle

We've been out on the beautiful waters of the UAE almost every weekend SUPing or Stand Up Paddleboarding. Dubai is gaining momentum as new people are coming down to the beach each week to give it a try and Abu Dhabi isn't too far behind. At the moment I'm trying to grow the sport in Abu Dhabi, sell some boards and get people out on the water...plenty of it here...and do something fun!

In Dubai in front of the Burj Al Arab

Nick ready for a dive to check out the coral below