The Zoo in the Desert

Yesterday I drove my parents and MissM and MissL, across the desert to Al Ain (about a 75 minute 120km/hr driving trek from where we live). Our destination was the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort. The last time MrL and I took the girls, the heat was pretty unbearable, but yesterday the weather was lovely and very comfortable.

Whilst there, we saw a lot of this...

(Grandad taking lots & lots of photos)

We also spied a lot of this....

(Two sisters walking hand in hand)

We spied a Giraffe who was just as interested in us as we were of him...

MissM and I were taken in by this lovely mosiac outside the Reptile House...

We saw a reasonably quiet just-about-15-months-old little girl who if wasn't eating or smiling, was looking a little glum (and suddenly her face looks soooo square!)....

And for a moment we forgot where we were.

(Emus in the UAE desert!)

It's a pretty good zoo all up and for all of us to enter was 50 dirham (ummm, around $14aud!). I just recommend taking your own picnic lunch (let me just say that the KFC on ground didn't quite live up to expectation) and plenty of water. The souvenirs were a plenty too, considering last time we went there weren't any to purchase. (The girls were lucky enough to get a cute stuffed animal each and myself a cap bought by Mum and Dad.)

A good day out all up. The wine last night was well deserved. =)