Imagine this, its New Year’s day.

We’re all exhausted from the night before and we’re riding in a car all the way out to Al Ain which is about an hour and so’s drive. We get to Mohamed’s, a relative of Dan’s in Al Ain and then spend something like 20 minutes driving up a 11km/7 mile road that rips around some killer ass turns and bends and goes about 1,219 meters/ 4,000 ft high.

Whats at the top of this mountain you ask?

A fancy hotel and a fancy palace for the Sheikhs (one of the very many palaces spread across the UAE of course). They had to put something cool up there for the amount of times my ears popped on the drive up and down that mountain.

At the base of the mountain is a natural hot springs. Ive never been or seen a hot spring in my life so I questioned its actual water heat. I mean how hot could that water be right?

Damn frickin’ hot!

I remember Fresh putting in his foot and snapping. I thought he was just being a wuss. I took off my shoes and socks and put my foot in the water and jumped out so fast I almost slipped and fell on some jagged rocks and busted a toe nail. lol. The further down the little hot spring stream you went, the cooler the water got…but also the murkier the water got because it had run across so many feet and grime and such.

These pics are only from the first 12 hours we spent with Mohamed. Ill post the other pictures later. I just wanted to send a special thanks to Mohamed tho for his hospitality. Thanks for making our trip that much more special. As always, thanks to Dan and Ali.