Dessert in the Desert

Lina was kind enough to organize curb service transportation to a "desert safari."

Upon arrival, the set up was chaotic and you almost begin to think that the lack of organization for such a huge operation is staged, but alas, they are authentically cluster-fucked. When you finally get into one of these Toyota mommy mobiles, you go "dune bashing" or get yourself dune-bashed, either way you look at it. I felt quite honored to get to ride on this treacherous journey to a desert-encampment with Betsy Stevens, assistant dean of the college of business at Zayed University. Neither of us peed, noticeably.

Upon arrival, first thing I saw was Lina and Daniel riding on a camel.

There was free shisha, henna, and a guy walking around with a falcon.

Next was entertainment. We saw a guy spin-dance with a light up skirt, a fire dancer, and a belly dancer.

The food was good, although it was a little funny that everyone was running to the buffet, there was more than enough for everyone. It was a BBQ, similar to what you'd have anywhere, with cabbage salads and such. There was very good fire-roasted chicken. Vanilla pudding, with a slice of Apple and slice of orange was the hurried desert that I shoveled in before taking one more dangerous ride through the sand dunes, back to the school bus. Didn't get a photo of the dessert- sorry!