Liwa Oasis and Emirates Palace

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Linda and I went on a tour to the amazing Liwa Oasis in the desert, and Abu Dhabi with Emirates Palace

Linda on the dunes between Ghayati and Liwa

Ruwais-Ghayati-Liwa road

Overviewing the Empty Quarter, world's largest sand desert

Sand, sand, more sand. And a 4 lane highway!

No not mountains or hills - dunes! All sand!

Rest on roadside

Pool at Liwa Hotel

Liwa Hotel

Sunset over Moreeb Dune - largest in the world, 300 m high

The dune race track. Record from bottom to top? 12 seconds!

Road to Moreeb dune

Sunset in the Empty Quarter

View from our balcony, Liwa Hotel

Liwa Hotel entrance

Hotel garden

Amazing with all that green in the middle of the sanddunes!

View from the dune of the hotel

Fountain by entrance to Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi

Looking down the entrance stairway, Emirates Palace

Exhibition of next Abu Dhabi development - Cultural island, with Guggenheim Museum in front

Several futuristic looking museums will be part of the Cultural district

The future Performance Arts Museum, Abu Dhabi

Classical Museum, with a big umbrella against the sun

The car and the moon

Linda in Emirates Palace

Maritime Museum, Abu Dhabi