 A new road across the desert will shorten the drive time from Dubai to the east coast |
 Dunes enroute to the east coast |
 Desert grass |
 The first signs of the mountains |
 Western slope of the Hajar Mountains |
 A new road across the mountains to Kalba |
 The Friday Market along the road in Masafi |
 The Friday Market is there every day of the week |
 They can be a bit pushy... |
 The Hajar Mountains have many rugged back roads to explore |
 Wadi is Arabic for valley |
 Route of a new pipeline across the mountains |
 Date palm plantation |
 Dibba |
 Mosque in Dibba, at the north end of the UAE's east coast |
 Minaret in Dibba |
 House in Dibba festively decorated in the UAE flag |
 House in Dibba festively decorated in the UAE flag |
 A roundabout in Dibba |
 Sheikh Zayed |
 A small mosque on the East Coast |
 Date palms |
 A dirt road heading for the mountains off the main highway E99 |
 East Coast Highway E99 |
 Gulf of Oman,east coast of the UAE |
 Palms and the Hajar Mountains |
 Produce stand along the east coast highway |
 Another smal mosque on the east coast |
 In places the E99 runs directly along the Indian Ocean |
 Fisherman bringing the catch ashore |
 Pulling in the nets |
 Indian Ocean net fishermen, UAE |
 Inspecting the haul |
 Spreading the nets along the beach |
 Fisherman on the beach |
 The Catch of the Day |
 The Catch of the Day |
 Unfortunately, fishermen here aren't too keen on throwning back the non-commercial fish |
 Loaded for market |
 Fish is the back of a truck headed for the market |
 Net fishermen along the East Coast of the UAE |
 Al Bidyah Mosque, the oldest in the UAE, dates from 20 A.H. (640 AD) |
 Al Bidyah Mosque |
 Al Bidyah Mosque |
 Al Bidyah Mosque |
 History of Al Bidyah Mosque |
 Cactus Garden around Al Bidyah Mosque with a watchtower on the hill |
 1400 year old Al Bidyah Mosque, East Coast UAE |
 Al Bidyah Mosque |
 This is one of the few mosques that allow non-Muslim visitors |
 Al Bidyah Mosque |
 Al Bidyah Mosque |
 Al Bidyah Mosque |
 Watch tower above Al Bidyah Mosque |
 Extensive palm groves at Al Bidyah, UAE, with the Hajar Mountains |
 Palm forest at Al Bidyah |
 Palm grove at Al Bidyah with the Indian Ocean |
 Watch tower at Al Bidyah |
 Al Bidyah |
 Al Bidyah |
 Watch tower at Al Bidyah |
 Al Bidyah |
 Modern Al Bidyah, a typical UAE small town |
 Modern Al Bidyah, a typical UAE small town |
 Khorfakkan, part of the Emirate of Sharjah |
 Khorfakkan, UAE |
 Khorfakkan has a beautiful beach |
 Khorfakkan |
 Khorfakkan |
 Oceanus Hotel, Khorfakkan |
 Khorfakkan Souq |
 Khorfakkan Souq |
 Fishermen on the beach north of Fujairah |
 Fisherman use trucks to help pull in the nets |
 Coffeepot Roundabout Fujairah |
 Fujairah |
 Etisalat Building Fujairah |
 Fujairah |
 Roy in Fujairah |
 Eagle Roundabout near Fujairah Airport |
 Eagle Roundabout and Fujairah Tower |
 Fujairah License Plate |
 Fujairah plates read "Al-Imarat Al-Arabiyah" or Arab Emirates along the top |
 Hilton Fujairah |
 Beachfront at the Fujairah Hilton |
 Fujairah Hilton |
 View towards the Hilton |
 View NE from Fujairah Tower |
 View W from Fujairah Tower |
 View NW from Fujairah Tower |
 View N from Fujairah Tower |
 Etisalat Building Fujairah |
 Fujairah Fort |
 Fujairah Fort |
 Fujairah Fort |
 Fujairah Fort |
 Fujairah Fort |
 Fujairah Fort, freshly restored, will soon be open to visitors |
 Fujairah Fort is nearly 300 years old |
 Fujairah Fort |
 Fujairah Fort |
 Fujairah Fort |
 Fujairah Fort |
 Fujairah Fort |
 Old mosque at the base of Fujairah Fort |
 Mosque door near Fujairah Fort |
 Mosque door near Fujairah Fort |
 Mosque door near Fujairah Fort |
 Mosque door near Fujairah Fort |
 Other buildings are being restored in the historic district |
 Fujairah historic district |
 Fujairah historic district |
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 Fujairah Museum |
 Fujairah Museum |
 Fujairah Museum |
 Fujairah Museum |
 Fujairah Museum |
 A photograph in the Fujairah Museum showing the old district of Fujairah quite run down |
 A painting of the Emir of Fujairah's family and Sheikh Zayed |
 The ancestors of the Emir of Fujairah |
 Sheikh Zayed |
 Fujairah Museum |
 Stone vessels ca 1800 BC from Bidyah |
 Amphora, 1st-2nd C. AD, from Bithnah |
 Old coffee pots, Fujairah Museum |
 Khanjar, Fujairah Museum |
 Khanjar, Fujairah Museum |
 Recreation of an Arabian sitting room |
 Science in Arabia, Fujairah Museum |
 10 Riyal coins of the State of Fujairah were minted 1969-70 |
 A different spelling of Fujairah |
 Munich Olypmic 5 Riyal coin from Fujairah |
 Apollo XIII 10 Riyal coin from Fujairah |
 Not many Nixon coins in the world...25 Riyals gold coin from Fujairah |
 The Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa from space, Fujairah Museum |
 Palm grove, Fujairah |
 View NW at night |
 View N at night |
 View NE at night |
 View W at night |
 Fujairah's jumped on the offshore project bandwagon |
 Wadi Hayl, a short drive west of Fujairah |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Palm plantation |
 Free roaming donkeys |
 More donkeys |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Roy |
 Al Hayl Palace |
 Ruins near Al Hayl Palace |
 Ruins near Al Hayl Palace |
 Al Hayl Palace |
 Watch tower |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Watch tower |
 Al Hayl Palace |
 View of the palm groves from the watch tower |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Al Hayl Palace, Fujairah |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Al Hayl Palace |
 Wadi Hayl |
 Fancy doors |
 Camels near Kalba |
 Camel near Kalba |
 Camels near Kalba |
 Camels near Kalba |
 Fort in Kalba, another part of the Emirate of Sharjah |
 Kalba Fort |
 A modern mosque in Kalba, UAE |
 Al Andalus Street, Kalba |
 Mosque in Kalba, at the southern end of the UAE's East Coast |