It's the weekend! We had planned a day trip to Hatta so we headed off in the 4 x 4 reasonably early this morning. The journey there was fairly uneventful apart from realising about half an hour out the road that we might need our passports as some of Hatta is in Oman, so we headed back to pick up Karen and Steven's. Turned out to be a waste of time as we didn't need our passports all day - I was disappointed not to get more stamps!
The plan was to get to Hatta and head to Hatta pools before coming back to Hatta Fort Hotel. We spent ages in Hatta trying to get directions to the Hatta pools before eventually finding the right road. Most of the journey from Hatta to Hatta pools was off road and the scenery was pretty spectacular. However, there were no sign-posts whatsoever and I'm not sure we actually found Hatta pools. We thought we found them, but from the descriptions we got later on, I'm don't think we did. Ah well. It was a good trip anyway. On the way back we turned off onto a side road and found a really nice wadi which was much nicer than what we thought was Hatta pools, so we hung out there for while.
We then drove back to Hatta, and to the Hatta fort hotel, which is a tourist attraction in itself. We had a snack there and relaxed for a while. It looked like a really nice place to stay, with little cabins and lovely pools. Then it was back to Dubai.
That night we went to Dubai Irish Village for dinner and a few drinks. We met up with ex-pat friends of Karen and Stevens and it was a lovely relaxing evening.
Tomorrow is my last day and I don't really have any plans....will just play it by ear.
