Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Desert Safariness!


Yesterday, was full of dune bashing and exciting adventure in our desert safari trip. (courtesy to our sponsor Planet Tours). 14 of us from the hotel mostly in Rooms Division went for this small outing, its so good to have people in this batch who were really outgoing, funny and adventurous; special mention to Pouty Kelvin, Petite Ayessa and Venus Raj Benjie. It took us around 1 hour to reach Planet Tour's camp at I was surprised to see that around 13 white Land Cruisers were waiting for us to join them. All of these vehicles lessen the air in the tires because as per the guide, the weight and density while in the desert is different from other surface. I prayed before the trip started to have an expert and reliable driver that will bring us back safe and sound, God heard it since we had the best driver in this trip! . The first pace of the ride is just bumpy as if we run over road humps but after awhile let the ADVENTURE begin! The driver made it to the trail with some terrifying and heart pumping zigzag route to make our whirlwind ride worth it. We even went to high peaks, zoom our way down and smash the sand. My throat was aching after the ride because of so much shouting imagine I felt like I am putting myself in the death row. The ride ended roughly mga 40 minutes but everything is amazing! We reached the peak of the desert and we witness the glorious sunset. I felt at ease at that time feeling the cool breeze and watch the glowing sun set rest in the desert mountain. After 20 minutes, we went to the camp where we will enjoy th BBQ dinner party, belly dancing and sisha. At the entrance we saw these 3 camels which were really cute ha, they really do have curvy and thick eyelashes. We took some photos with them but I never attempted to ride on them because when it stood its really tall and the camel's back was not even so I was afraid to fall. As we entered the camp, we were received by their staff with arabic breads and arabic coffee, oh they also have dates as well. Drinks are free including softdrinks and water but they charge for alcoholic beverage. We waited for some time before the dinner buffet was served. Their buffet was really abundant with choices of lamb, beef and chicken BBQ
.They also have rice as well so we Pinoys in the trip were very much satisfied, we kept on coming back on the buffet table because they have the best BBQ ever. This was followed by a belly dancer which looked like our very own Vice ganda, white version of him. She was really good in balancing the stick on her chest and head while she do the wavy wavy moves of a belly dancer. Her performance was outstanding and all men in the audience were extremely overwhelmed and even danced with the dancer. After that, the whole group danced with Arabic, 70's and Pop Songs played by our Indian DJ but it didn't last for long since its time for us to go. At least with this experience, we can share with with our guests the true experience of desert safari. Overall, it was the best ever trip I had for 2011 and I am looking forward for more but it would be the most enjoyable if my family and my michael will join me to conquer the desert!

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