{"id":648,"date":"2009-04-04T21:47:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T17:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/?p=648"},"modified":"2009-04-19T11:02:52","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T07:02:52","slug":"fujairah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/?p=648","title":{"rendered":"Fujairah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barb and Anita have arrived in Dubai! We’ve been busy checking out the city this past week and it was time this weekend to explore something more quintessential. Beth and I had booked a couple of rooms at the Mirimar Al Aqah<\/a> resort in Fujairah. It was an unbelievable adventure and the photos below tell the story…<\/p>\n

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\nLet ‘er rip!<\/p>\n

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\nAl Dhaid Friday market was our first stop.<\/p>\n

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\nBeth bought a beautiful basket.<\/p>\n

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\nBarb bought a coconut and we all took turns sipping the milk.<\/p>\n

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\nIt was good.<\/p>\n

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\nThis way to Fujairah. And more.<\/p>\n

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\nWaiting for our rooms.<\/p>\n

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\n\u00a0
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\nThis is Lizzy. She hung out with us on the deck.<\/p>\n

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\nBarb and Rob got a little crazy. It was date night.<\/p>\n

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\nAnita and Beth are shocked by their uncivilized behavior.<\/p>\n

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\nBeth is a little unsure about diving in…<\/p>\n

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\nThe water was crystal clear.<\/p>\n

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\nawe…<\/p>\n

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\nRob and Anita are brave!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nBarb found the perfect float. Beth set out to explore the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n

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\nThe goats are drilling for oil.<\/p>\n

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\nFujairah is growing…<\/p>\n

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Al Bidyah Mosque<\/a>\u00a0is the oldest in the United Arab Emirates dating back to 1,446CE. (text from the website) The engineering features are a major accomplishment for the period of construction. The mosque was named for the historical town that embraced it for so many centuries. It is also known as the Ottoman Mosque, for the man who built it. It consists of a prayer hall with a prayer niche or Mihrab, pulpit, arches and openings. A central pillar divides the internal space in to four squares of similar dimensions. The pillar supports all four domes that can bee seen from the exterior. The internal decoration of the mosque combines stone carvings, openings for ventilation and light with special shelves to house the Holy Quran. The town of Al Bidyah, has been excavated to reveal that it has been inhabited for 4,000 years. A large Islamic graveyard, north of the village of Al Bidyah, contains a massive tomb dating back to the Iron Age. The tomb contains bones, fragments of pottery, metal arrowheads and other artifacts dating back to at least 1000 BC. Evidence has shown that the Portuguese also once occupied the village.<\/p>\n

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\nShisha! Our first time in the Middle East. We were in the mood to live large.<\/p>\n

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\nBeth was framed! Tampered evidence!<\/p>\n

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\nHey! We’re family!<\/p>\n

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\nDibba.<\/p>\n

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\nPrimitive architecture in the mountains.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nIntentionality.<\/p>\n

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\nNature provides…<\/p>\n

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\nLittle fossils.<\/p>\n

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Barb and Anita have arrived in Dubai! We’ve been busy checking out the city this past week and it was time this weekend to explore something more quintessential. Beth and I had booked a couple of rooms at the Mirimar Al Aqah resort in Fujairah. It was an unbelievable adventure and the photos below tell … Continue reading “Fujairah”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}