We are advised not to get our stomach too full before the Desert Safari tour but the Char Kouw Teoh at the Noodle House was simply irresistible plus the 50% discount we got from “The Walking Vouchers”, I don’t think any mortal man can resist the temptation. Besides having good food at a reasonable rate, there are simply too many pretty girls who are brought up with good nutrition in the restaurant making me forget how much I had consumed. Watch my back!!!
The tour begins when we are picked up by 4x4 wheels Drive (Toyota Land Cruiser) from Emirates Tower around 4.30pm. Just last night, I have my company dinner at the tower! Awesome interior finishes, the 2nd most famous building in Tupai after the Burj al-Arab (7.5star hotel)! Our tours guide cum Desert Basher of the day Raj a Shah Rukh Khan Fans! Beside us, there is another Kim Chi in the Jeep, and we make friends since all the girls like Corean!
It might look pretty in the photo but once you are in the Jeep, dune bashing is like riding a roller coaster, the different is that you have to put your trust on the driver instead of technologies but it’s not recommended for weak and sissy. There are at least 100 Toyota Land Cruiser in the Desert on that day and most if not all of them are “Tour Guide”. No wonder it’s known as “The King of the Desert” replacing the Camel, I guess? Poor Camel is out of job now. I doubt any others car can do what it did! It was scary at first but after you notice others Cruiser doing the same… you kind of get uses to it but it won’t stop you from grapping the car handle as tight as possible!
I learn a thing or two that day; “don’t buy a second hand 4x4 in Tupai”. The way they treat it seems like it will break into pieces in few years time. Still recall, my old company bought a 10years old Land Rover for 10k dirhams and of cause they thought they got a real bargain but they had to repair it for 10k dirhams but it still breakdown as often as woman has temper.
Sunset Photography… One Word Magnificent!
This is the first time I ride on something beside my Iron Horse. Riding a camel make remind me those beasts in the movies Lord of The Ring (LOTR). It will knee down to let you get on it. It was scary because I sat in the front and I felt like falling down the moment the camel get up and knee down. The view from the camel back is nice since I felt like growing ten feet in height but the scary part is that I am not in control.
A personal advice to all Male’s friend, make sure you hold the handle tight when the camel knee down or when it’s getting up because if not the process might crush your balls! After I watch Broke Back Mountain, I know being cowboy is hard but being a Sand cowboy is even harder not only because the animal stinks, its look ugly as well.
I am so lucky to know our korean fren Park on the jeep because of him I manage to understand this interesting conversation between this two korean kids and their mum. As we are waiting for our turn to ride the camel, the two kids mother who happen to stand in front of us ask her 2kids " Do you want to ride the came?". The kids reply "Dont want, we are very busy at the moment." as they busy digging the sand as shown in the picture.
Henna Painting. The artist is cute but I don’t really like the “Tattoo” but since it’s free, Why Not? I got a big Flower… & Lil’s a little one: p
Traditional costumes, didn’t try it on because it has been wore by thousand if not millions of people without washing! Imagine those sweating, hairy, dirty, maybe with disease Nigger wearing that cloth before you? You think this is disgusting? There are even worst…
Hubbllee Bubblee (shisha) is the most disgusting things I even seen in the whole UAE, its looks like drug addicts sharing a dose. I cant imagine why people want to suck a pipe that has been use time and time again probably by some AIDS patient who never brush his teeth in ten years, his moustache might has touch some shit before he start blowing the pipe and worst of the worst he might has foot and mouth infection!!! I know they change the “sucking point” every time a new customer comes but who knows if they really wash it? But to be scientific, all those germs and bacteria from those thousand if not millions previous suckers might have make a nest inside the whole thing for centuries!!
Food are serve as the Belly Dancer start charming the spectators. There are buffet dinner and B.B.Q. for Vegetarians and Non- Vegetarians. Nothing expensive nor weird on the servery since they know you can’t eat much after going through an hour of Sand Coaster ride! Non-alcohol drinks likes soft drinks, mineral water tea, coffee are free flow, drink till you drop your pants to pee! Arabic food are all grilled and not really to our asian taste.
Belly Dancing is the part I am eagerly waiting for, as I was told by everyone that the lady suppose to be super sexy and pretty. But to my deepest disappointment, our belly dancer is damn meaty or should I say Oily and not really pretty, but she cans sure dance and her boobs & boots is HUGE, without any “support” the Whole Meat must have drop to the ground. Her most sexy part is when she move, her fats seems to be moving like the waves of the ocean! Almost vomit! I must have chosen the wrong Tour Company!
Is time to refill the tyres to normal pressure, the pressure of the tyres are reduced during the desert bashing to give the tyre a bigger surface of grip and lower centre of gravity. Nevertheless, it was an AWESOME experience for Dhs 120… that really worth every penny! Belly dancing and alcohol are not provided with desert safaris during the annual Islamic month of Ramadan as this is the last week before Ramadan, Berdosa before it’s too late!
This is my master’s favourite Restaurant - Da Shi Dai, its name means Big-Time-Era in Chinese. She likes the foods so much so she always takes me there at least once a week. It happens that as a Fitness First member we entitled a 15% discount, if not I wouldn’t have afford such restaurant everyday.
The kitchen is open to diners view to ascertain their doubt about the restaurant cleanliness. All the waiter and waitress are very polite and there are multi nationalities of them. My favourite waiter is a Niger because his hair is very cool, looks like predator’s hair and his voice sounds like reggae singer.
As usual I would order a pot of Chinese tea first before I look at the food menu. There are varieties of drinks available but their Chinese tea is number one in the whole UAE and the teapot they use are of the latest technology, something like 2in1 teapot.
There are varieties of Chinese food here from fried, baked to Clay pot but my master favourite is the Dim Sum. There is no pork in their Dim Sum so they use prawn and scallop as replacement. My master enjoy all the Dimsum but her favourite are Scallops Sui-Mai, Chicken, sticky rice in lotus leaf and Coriander dumplings. Just like my master, I also enjoy all the food buy my favourite is Chu-Chueng-Feung wtih Crunch prawn and also Cha-siu-bao, although the bao isn’t made of Pork but they still taste good.
If we are having dinner we would usually order something else like Hammour, eggplant, tofu & spicy sauce in clay pot, Sliced Beijing duck, steam pancakes & sweet plum sauce. There are over 60 types of dishes in the menu and there are special dishes on weekends. The dishes are serve in small portion so we can taste few types of dishes each times.
There are two things I am sure taste better than anything I could find in Malaysia, is its Turnip cake and Xo sources. I was told that XO source are named “XO” because of the expensive ingredient use to produce it which I believe include shrimp, scallop and etc. This is the most Malaysianed Chinese Restaurant in UAE… the rest are more China-ed restaurant.
Let's cut the long story short...
Extremely nice road and we met one nice Omani just after the border and he shown me the way to muscat (No Left, No Right... Go go Go) and invited us to visit his house but due to time constrain and the knowledge that there would be nothing to eat nor drink in his house during Ramadan so I decided to ciao.
Situated on a cove surrounded by volcanic mountains, the town is connected by silk smooth road. 16th-century Portuguese forts overlook the town and those old wall, as well as some of its gates, still stand. The town's unusual architecture shows Arab, Portuguese, Persian, Indian, African, and modern Western influences. Every building is backed by the mountain and that's Good Fung Sui! Nice Road and nice landscape.
Visit Malaysia Year 2007... Show that our Government is doing something. Not of them are slackers. If not visiting, at least those Omani know the name MALAYSIA. bravo... bravoo..
View from our hotel room. HOtel Marina... nothing to show cause it a budget hotel. As we unload our stuff from the car, a young Omani boy cycle pass us and greed us with "Hi how are you fine thank you". And that continous phrase printed on my memory forever. Why? Because it seems like he memorized the whole phrase without understanding a words.
Even the roads in the mountainous are super super smoothies.. love it! Like Inital D! There more than 5 "continous Fak Kap Wan here"… I am sure Tok Hoi would plum into the valley if he drive till his car "ting… ting… ting…". First of all to make the car Ting Ting Ting… you need to exceed 120km/h.
Initial A: Tok Choi and "Hir" 86 stopped at the seaside after battling through those killer curve… Tok Choi definitely like curvy things :p
our morning start rather early as there are wake up call from the nearby mosque! First things in my mind is the car because i dont feel easy having a tupai plated car in the middle of Oman overnight without guard. 
Fishermen's families waiting for their love one to return from sea. Unlike Tupai, Oman arabs works as taxi drivers, fisherman and even labour. They are quite friendly and helpful... really feel appreciated as a tourist in this area. 
Big Fish... but dunno what fish... King Fish? Salmom? Open on all sides -one side to the water - so that all possible breeze is caught, the main fish hall is full of fish traders selling their catch, ranging from fish, squid and crabs
We arrive at the Msia Embassy exactly 1hour late... All those PETRIOTs has sang the SONG & sapuh all the satay!!! The one I circle with RED is my ex-boss & the BLUE is his wife! We talk some bullshit to each others and hold each other hand tightly as we are brothers! so "emotional" but Evil7 dont give him a Damn! Met the Queen and other ex-colleuage as well, quite a "Peaceful" reunion this time!
