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. =)