If it’s one thing you have to do when visiting Dubai, is the desert safari. Take a trip out to the desert and go dune bashing in one of the many 4×4s tours (we went with http://www.arabian-explorers.com). I was warned by some friends to sit in the front of the car if possible, unfortunately, being the last pickup means you take what you are given and in my case the very back of the vehicle. Lucky me, had no opening windows, lack of air-con and enough leg room for half a midget.

As we traveled out on the long highways, the sand slithers across the road in a beautiful swirling motion. Either side was miles of desert as we burn down the highway at over 100km/hr a truly bizarre feeling. We soon find ourselves turning off the highway at an unmarked turn off – we were no longer on a highway/road or even path. We continued to drive for several minutes only to find a highway has appeared out of nowhere and we soon find ourselves back on bitumen. The only signs of life was a camel casually walking down the wrong side of the highway, just cruising along. As we slow down beside him he looks over at us and continues on his merry way.

We head over to the dunes and seat belts go on. Me, being the lucky person in the back of the car managed to nearly break my back, hit my head on the side of the car and eventually felt so car sick I had to leave my lunch in the sand. We are then taken to a camel farm where we have dinner and get treated to Belly Dancing.

The trip home down the highway is really something, people fly at speeds up to 200km/hr, trucks are lined up on the side of the road and you don’t need headlights because highways literally in the middle of nowhere are lit by streetlights.

Driving in Dubai is also a very hectic experience.
Driving lanes are just guidelines.
Indicators are optional.
Giving way is non-existent.
The horn is the most used feature on all cars.
Give Way & Stop signs are only for decoration.