We organized a camping trip during National Day weekend withe the ADSUP club and UAESUP, which was an awesome way to spend the special day. There were 8 of us who headed out an island off of the mainland armed with our SUPs, ready to paddle, relax, roast marshmallows and enjoy the serenity of being off the island on what is an absolutely crazy night in the city.



We paddled a bit in the afternoon after getting all set up and as the sun set we started dinner. Hot dogs, beans and potatoes did the trick. No campfire would be complete without marshmallows and smores. About 9:30 came around and we were luck enough to be a great position to watch the fireworks go off from Abu Dhabi, with a sound delay of about 10 seconds.



In the morning we got up and all went out for a paddle around 7:30 and to our surprise almost immediately we spotted 3-4 dolphins right in front of us. We chased them for a while, but they still are a bit scared of us innocent paddlers. Nonetheless very cool!


The boat picked us up at 12 and we still had a chance to paddle around Futaisi Island which has some amazing Osprey nests, with the birds flying all around I think we were a bit nervous that one would attack us as we paddled into their territory, thankfully they didn't.


Only problem with the camping trip was that it wasn't 2 nights instead!