Yesterday, due to Thursday’s share market expiry we were not able to go anywhere. Sometimes sitting in front of a computer can make you tired. Today is Friday, In UAE Friday and Saturday are celebrated as holidays as opposed to India where we have holidays on Saturday and Sunday.
Arvind is free for the whole day so, we decided to go to Abu Dhabi. After 10 a.m we started our journey. At one petrol pump, Arvind decided to put petrol in his car and I was shocked after seeing the petrol rates there. Petrol is cheaper than water! McDonald’s and a small store were present there. I ate some veg burger and both Amit and Arvind ate some chicken dishes. Then we continued our journey.
On this trip, we were planning to see some famous places in Abu Dhabi like Ferrari World, Museum, etc. Normally it takes 2-3 hours by car to reach Abu Dhabi from Dubai. In our route, I was seeing lots and lots of sand and now it is sinking in our mind that truly we are in dessert. Road safety is a must in UAE, they have lots of traffic cameras on the road.
Then after some time I again started feeling hungry but there was nothing in the whole vicinity except sand and sand! My overactive imagination was imagining scenarios of “What if I got lost here without food and water?”
Thank god after some time I spotted a restaurant. There was a mosque near the restaurant also. As we were there before lunchtime, most of the dishes except some burgers were not available (Lunch times start after 1 p.m.). So, I ordered a fruit salad with fresh fruit juice. Amit and Arvind decided to order some chicken burgers. The fruit salad and juice I got were not edible! The fruits were not fresh and the juice smelled soapy?
I don’t recommend anybody to eat here but it is very difficult to find restaurants on this route. So this has to do!
Finally, we reached Abu Dhabhi after crossing the sea of desert, Although it is inside the desert 🙂 Abu Dhabi is bigger than Dubai in size. First, we decided to go to Ferrari World as the weather was too hot to see anything outside.
The Ferrari world is a very high-end mall. The first thing I noticed when I came inside the Mall was lots and lots of Ferrari cars placed in different places of the mall! If you are interested you can read the small glass board near the car which contains all the details about that particular model. It felt like I was in the Museum of Ferrari cars.
The whole Mall was decorated with Red and Golden colors with beautiful Dragons here and there as they were celebrating the Chinese Happy New Year.
The real reason people come here is because it is home to the world’s fastest rollercoaster, the highest loop ride, the tallest space-frame structure ever built on the planet, and over 40 record-breaking attractions which is fun but I am scared of the rides! they make my head spin and I feel like vomiting. So, We decided not to go there and just click some pictures here and there before going to our next destination!
Check out next part of my travel here.