Weekend Trip to Hatta

Over last weekend we took a trip to Hatta, a city about ½ hour past Dubai towards Oman. It actually lies right up against the Oman border. It is amazing to see how the landscape changes as you go into the desert mountains. It reminded Mike and me both of Palm Springs. There are rocky mountains among the vast plains of sand.

We stayed at the Hatta Fort Hotel. Each room is like and individual fort. We arrived around 8pm at night so we didn’t see much on the road into town. This was a great hotel for kids as there was miniature golf, swimming, pool, tennis, etc. This was our favorite trip yet as it was truly a unique experience. The boys were up bright and early to check out the fun!!
Front of the hotel office/restaurant early in the morning.
Walkway up to the pool.
Minature Golf

Mountain views, notice all the greenery, the climate was cooler as well!
View of the hotel from a distance, notice each bunglaow tucked into the side of the mountain.
Jake...King of the mountain!!
Jake taking the photographs!! In the background is a minature of the actual Hatta Fort, built a long time ago!!
View from a drive in the mountains.

We often saw goats just cruising along side the road, they ran free, especially in Oman, like cats or dogs.
We caught a glimpse of a few donkeys too, these guys were very cute!!
The pool in the afternoon!
Followed by ping-pong...
Mountain man Jake, they LOVED this hotel and area, the could have stayed for a week or more, but we had to get back to the city...mainly to get haircuts!!

A messy, dirty but happy Jett, after we had been hiking and playing with rocks and sand!!
The road home, we go thru Dubai, this is about 30 minutes outside of Dubai, there are camels all along side of the roads, they don't look very healthy!!

Overall a great trip and even better were the carpet souks on our way back. I got a huge Iranian carpet for only $140.00, something that would have been $1000 back home in the states!!