If you were to visit us this year, here are some of the things that we might make you do. First of all, we would drag you off to Business Bay where we would go to the top of the world’s tallest building.

Once at the top …

… we would enjoy spectacular views over the city.

We would then hang around until the evening when, along with thousands of other people, we would watch the nightly fountain show.

We would then most likely go north to Ras Al Khaimah, where we used to live, and visit the camel racetrack again (view our post on the races here).

If you were interested and inclined, we would give you some camel riding lessons.

We would even visit the track to meet some of the local jockeys.

Our next stop would be one of the awesome beaches…

… where we would eat dates, that of course were grown locally.

We would then head for the mountains where I like to go hiking. On the way, we would see lots of flora and fauna including this plant…

… these birds …

… and goats …

… which would follow us up and up into the mountains.

Finally, we would take you to the world’s third largest mosque, on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi.

They offer wonderful tours in English where you can see the world’s largest carpet, the world’s largest chandelier and a prayer room for 40,000 people.