After a few days I’m back again

And I’m so sorry if I couldn’t make my website update in the past few days, anyway.

I started my journey from Dubai to Alain at 7:00 am, on 20st of March, the road was really great from Dubai to Alain but on the side there were

Bumps every 100 miters and it bothered me to cycle faster but I cycled on the yellow line with lot of care after about 20 to 25 kms from Dubai I decided to find a place to have breakfast in the shade. I had my breakfast and I started again, it was around 11:00 am that I ran into problem with the weather which was became windy and dusty as the both side of the road were many small hills of sand and many bushes I’ve been cycled really on the road in the Desert the scenery was great since the UAE Gov have closed and protected all desert on the both side of the road with fences and it’s still untouched place, people can look desert through the fences and if you are lucky you can see the camels near the fence Anyway, I really enjoyed even I got burned in the hot weather, In the mid of the way I arrived in a small village for resting and having lunch there, I went near a mosque and prepared my lunch but the man who was worked in the mosque brought me some Egyptian meal as he was from that country but lived with his family for a long time in Dubai, they feed me lots of tasty food and at the end a big glass of tea ( Chai)

I took a rest there and started again at 2:30 pm heading off to Alain, around 30 kms to Alain I found a Mobile phone on the big high way, ,it was a really good handset with its sim-card I tried a lot to find the owner, but the people who answered were talking Arabic, I really got confused about it, finally at 6:00 pm I went to the mosque on the road and I met a young Arab guy and finally with his help I could find the phone owner, I gave it back to him near the Alain city, anyway, when I arrived there, the sky was getting dark and I couldn’t cycle easily as all Emirates young guys were driving crazy in the town too and it was really dangerous, but Alain is a really beautiful town in the Emirates, everywhere you look you will see gardens, trees and all lands was green of grass, I stayed for about 2 days in this nice city and I was camping in the parks at the town, I’ve got some new friends from there which all were from Fars region I had a good time with them actually, I visited Alain Zoo as well, it’s one of the best and great zoo that I have never seen before, I’ve spend more than half a day in the Zoo, and the day after I visited the Sheikh Zaeed and Alain museums .finally, I left this nice city to Oman.

Today is the Iranian New Year (No Ruz). I am still in Dubai after a few days getting my bike ready and should be on my way tomorrow. I have seen a lot in the last few days.

I got up early this morning and cycled to Jumeirah Beach and stayed until the passing of the New Year at 9.30am. I thought a lot about my family who were visiting my grandmother today.

When I arrived in Dubai I found that my rear hub was worn and had to find a replacement. It took a lot of time. In the end I bought a budget hub rather than an original as it was much cheaper ($3 instead of $23!!). I also spent some time at the best bike shop in Dubai, Wolfi’s Bike Shop, where I got some ball bearings for the rear hub – and good advice on cycling to Oman.

In the last days, I also visited some Emirati friends who work for the Dubai Cultural Council and Dubai Museum. I had a great time with them even though they were very busy with an art exhibition.

With Wayne, I also went to the memorable opening of the Art Dubai contemporary exhibition, the Arabian Horse Championship (where I rode a horse for the first time!) and played many games of Mensch