Wadi Madhah - May 21, 2010

Today was a day of geocaching and wadi exploring.  After an awesome breakfast of homemade waffles (made just for you) and fresh fruit we packed up our truck and headed out.  We found some pretty neat caches -  fairly well vegetated because it was along a falaj - "You mean it is in there?".

The wadi was a neat drive.  It was very windy and twisty - I guess that is why it's nickname is "windy wadi" :)  The drive through was different from the other wadi's we have driven through.  This one had steeper banks and narrow paths (left picture) where as the others have been much wider.  There was one off trail that we were going to go on for a cache but part way through it we seemed to have lost the road (middle picture).  I guess with the rains this past winter, it was washed out.  We also saw some caves and old towers on our drive (right picture).

We found a cave to stop and have our picnic lunch (yes we are sitting on a hunter orange blanket - Patrick picked it out :) ).  There were some goats and birds who joined us.  :)  The kids are trying to hold up the cave for us.

 

We finished our little wadi exploring trip shortly after lunch and decided to head back to the hotel for a relaxing afternoon on the beach and at the pool.  The water in the Indian Ocean is amazing!!  Sooo warm - my kinda water! :)  I don't know how I'm going to come home and swim in the cold lake...  The beach sand was a dark sand and very soft but very hot on your feet.  The kids (even the big kids) had fun playing in the sand, searching for sea shells, snorkling, learning how to body surf, and playing in the waves.

After our fun afternoon in the sun we went for supper in Fujairah.  We picked up a shawarma and walked around the market.  After exploring Fujairah we went back to the hotel for a late night dip before bed.