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Closer look at a date palm  
   

Closer look at a date palm

Cate points out the source of that life-giving water. The trees looked silvery but it was dust on them. After rain they look green but that's not often. It rains here 4 days a year....2 of them were last week.
Abu Dhabi

March 3rd 2006
As-salaam alaykum (greeting) from UAE in The Middle East. I arrived at Dubai airport at 5.30am so it was still dark. I got off the plane onto the tarmac to board a bus to drive to the terminal (this place is huge) and was hit by the cold! After Singapore I was freezing and had to put a jacket on, not what I expected. After a long process getting through customs I finally found myself outside the ... read more
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