Tour de Dubai ( Hatta)

This is place like nothing I had ever visited before. The desert around has a very different beauty of its own. The golden sand with various shades attracts the sight of the beholder. We started for this place in the morning. The cars outdoor surronding display was indicating the temperature around 35 degrees but inside the the car with the luxury of an air conditioner we were very comfortable at 19 degrees. As we approached the dessert region the humidity vanished. The sand beneath our feet was burning hot. I could feel it through the soles of my shoes.
For reaching hatta we had enter Oman. Hatta is a place in the desserts of UAE. There are huge mountains of sandstone here. This place is said to be a coral reef in the pre historic times which came up above the earth surface due to clshing of the gographical plates under the surface of sea. These mountains also resemble the dryed up coral reef. The road through the dessert is beautiful and only the car indicator tells you that the car is speeding above 120km/hr. The ride till here is smooth and steady. But ones we enter the hilly region the road is not a tar road. This road is at the mercy of the nature and the vehicles which drive through it. The road climbs up and again dips down suddenly. At some place you cannot even see the end of the road and it takes all the skill of the driver to navigate through this road.
After going through these rough patches we at last found a spot to camp in at. There we quickly unloaded all our belongings from our car and settled in there. The menu for lunch was chicken barbecue, prawn rice and sausages. Till now the evening breeze was flowing. We had adjusted with the temperature long before. We decided to do some hiking in the nearby ranges after climbing on few hillocks of sandstone we made our way back through the rough terrains of Hatta.
Our second destination for the day was the dessert safari place. We had to reach there before the sunset as the sunset from there is one of the most beautiful in Dubai. There were many people riding dirt bikes, off terrian vehicles and many such dessert adventure sports. Thier stunts and the speed at which they performed said a lot about thier skill and carefree nature making me envy them. The sand over here was of the different shade than the one in Hatta. It is said that in UAE the colour of sand differs in every state. The sunset had already taken and now we could see the orange and dark pink shades of the setting sun. After lingering there for some time we retraced our footprints and made our way back to our house.
This hatta expereince was one of the best I had experienced till now.