Liwa and the Camel Festival

With Ty starting his CELTA and now unable to join in our fun, we booked our friend Nawaf for a day of visiting the area around MZ. My work colleague Karen joined in on the fun too.

We started off by poking around one of the Liwa forts before heading off to the desert.

Tal Moreeb (Moreeb Dune) is the largest dune in this area -- I mean, big enough to have its own name!).

This photo shows my Mom standing at the bottom of a part of the dune,
and it isn't even the highest part!

We ran around in the dunes, then went to check out the Liwa hotel (which was, of course, my first "house" here).

From there, it was on to the Al Dhafra Camel Festival. We were immediately invited into a tent, where we were fed sweets and tea - the full-on Bedouin hospitality experience!

It was really nice! We couldn't stay long, though -- just enough time to get a taste and check out the souk really quickly, before heading back home. We'll definitely be going back later in the week!