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DUBAI:
THIS IS THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL AND THE CENTER OF AFFAIRES. IT
IS THE MOST COSMOPOLITAN OF THE EMIRATES.
THINGS TO SEE ARE THE HISTORICAL CENTER. THE DOWS WHICH ARE
THE WOODEN BOATS WHICH ACT AS TAXIS.
THE MOST INTERESTING SOUKS OR MARKETS OF THE REGION ARE TO
BE FOUND IN DUBAI. THE SPICE MARKET AND GOLD MARKET.
THE OLD QUARTERS OF BASTAKIYA AND SHINDAGAH IN DUBAI WITH
TRADITIONAL HOUSES.
OTHER SITES ARE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, THE TALLEST BUILDING
IN THE GULF. THE PALACE OF SHAIKH SAEED AND DUBAI CREEK
A NATURAL DEEP WATER INLET WHICH CUTS THROUGH THE CENTER OF
DUBAI CITY AND WHERE THE COLOURFUL DHOWS ARE UNLOADED.
THERE ARE ALSO THE DESERT SAFARIS TO SEE THE TRADITIONAL
BEDOUIN VILLAGES. CAMEL RACING IS ALSO POPULAR.
ABU DHABI:
THE MODERN METROPOLIS AND BUILDINGS ARE IN THEMSELVES
AN ATTRACTION. THERE ARE ALSO THE PARKS AND GARDENS
WITH THE LUSH GREEN TROPICAL VEGETATION. ALSO
THE OLD FORT OF AL HUSN BUILT IN THE 17TH CENTURY,
THE OLD VILLAGE OF THE ISLAND OF UMM AL NAR. THE
REMAINING ANCIENT VESTIGES OF THE TOMBS AND POTTERY OF
MESOPOTAMIA DISCOVERED IN 1958. THERE IS ALSO THE OASIS
OF AL AIN.
SHARJAH:
THIS EMIRAT IS 12 KMS FROM DUBAI.
THE CIRQUE OF SHARJAH IS REPUTED TO BE VERY BEAUTIFUL. IT
IS SURROUNDED BY SOUKS. AT THE BOTTOM IS A COVERED LAGOON
WHICH IS A LESIURE CENTER.
ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE LAGOON ARE THE NEW SOUKS WITH THEIR
DECORATED FACADES. FINALLY THE CORNICH OF KHALIK LAGOON AND
THE BOAT YARD WHERE THE DHOWS ARE CONSTRUCTED.
AJMAN:
8 KMS FROM SHARJAH, ALONG THE CORNICH. THE FIRST SIGHT IS
THE BOAT YARD WHERE THE FISHING BOATS ARE MOORED, THIS IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE EMIRATES. THERE ARE THE OLD
FORTIFICATIONS AND THE OLD FORT WHICH ARE NOW A MUSEUM.
UMM AL QUWAIN:
THE OLD TOWN IS FORTIFIED AND SITUATED ON A PROMONTORY.
THE TOWN HAS REMAINED ALMOST ENTIRELY ENTACT.
THE FORTIFICATION ENCIRCLE HOUSES BUILT FROM STONES AND
CORAL.
THERE ARE MARKETS SELLING VEGETABLES AND FISH.
UMM AL QUWAIN IS A FISHING PORT THE PORT IS VERY BUSY.
THERE IS ALSO THE OASIS OF FALAJ AL MOALLA AND THE INTERESTING
AGRICULTURE WHICH TAKES PLACE HERE. THIS OASIS IS 50KMS
FROM THE COAST.
RAS AL KHAIMAH:
THIS IS AN OLD PORT. FACING THE IRANIAN PORT OF BANDAR
ABBAS. IT IS THE MOST NORTHERLY POINT OF THE EMIRATES.
THERE ARE MANY ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES TO VISIT IN THE OLD
TOWN. THE SITE OF SHIMAL IN THE NORTH EAST OF THE TOWN.
NOT FAR FROM THE OLD TOWN PERCHED ON A HILL IS A VILLAGE
WHICH HAS BEEN INHABITED FOR 2000 YEARS.
FUJAIRAH:
THE ROUTE OF THE EAST COAST FOLLOWING THE COAST OF THE INDIAN
OCEAN LEADING TO FUJAIRAH IS ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR IN THE
EMIRATES.
THERE ARE THE ROCK FORMATIONS OF HAJAR, THE OASIS OF AL
DHAID, THE NATURAL PORT OF KHOR FAKKAN BEFORE ARRIVING
IN THE OLD FORTIFIED TOWN OF FUJAIRAH.
THE TRADITIONAL COTTAGES OF THE FISHERMEN, THE ANCIENT
MOSQUES AND THE VILLAGES OF LULAYA AND BIDIYA SURROUNDING
FUFAIRAH. EVERYWHERE THERE ARE BAYS BETWEEN THE ROCKS AND
THE BEST BEACHES IN THE EMIRATES.
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