Alexander's Blog -- Rainforest Cafe

Hi, it’s Ack.

Today Mum and I went to the Rainforest Café at the Dubai Mall (Sarah was at a birthday party and Dad is away). It had a really cool light show and it had mechanical animals. I had a great time. Food was very quick and tasted good. But with some of the animals, if you put your ear to them you could hear the mechanics. We even have a picture of us there.



We used to go to a Rainforest Café when I was little and we lived in Houston. The light show there was a big lightning storm and all the animals made a huge noise. This one was a little more tame. There is a fake crocodile out the front of the restaurant which opens and shuts its mouth. If you don’t look too closely, it looks real, but if you do look closely then you can see the mechanical platform that allows him to move forward!

Thanks for reading! Hope you like the photo.

Sarah's Blog -- Camping in Dibba

Hi everybody! I just got back from camping in Dibba. Dibba is a place in Oman where it is very rocky and there are lots of goats. I had a fun time there. Note from Dad: there are three closely located Dibba's spread across Oman and the two adjacent UAE Emirates -- this link gives you a map and some of the history back to the second millenium BC: Dibba.

We left on Sunday and arrived back on Tuesday. On the way to Dibba we tried to count all of the goats we saw and we lost count at something like 367. There were a lot of goats in Dibba. At the camp we did lots of team building exercises. We got split into tents that had 4-7 people in them.

On the first day we went trekking. It’s like hiking but you hike on loose rock so you have to concentrate a lot. On the second day we went down to the beach and played games. Later that day we went mountain biking and rock climbing. That was fun. I got to the top on the rock climbing wall. That night we had a riddles contest and I won by 24 points! What happened was they asked you riddles. If you couldn’t answer 3 riddles you were out. You got 6 points for a correct answer in 10 seconds.

On the last day we had “leave no trace” in that we learned basic survival skills and how to make a fire. Overall, camp was fun. The food was kind of gross but I like it.