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| Beach with the city in the background |
I haven’t gotten much of a chance to explore Abu Dhabi. As I
said previously, I’m here for school first and foremost. Tourism,
unfortunately, comes second. However, I
have gotten to have some fun on the weekends.
This past weekend was action packed all by itself. On Friday (remember, weekends here are Friday
and Saturday) a bunch of us dragged ourselves out of bed to go to the
beach. Abu Dhabi has a great waterfront
area full of public beaches. We arrived in the main city, went to the grocery
store for essentials (hummus, bread and a beach towel for me. Others were more
practical with water and fruit.) then took a short taxi ride to the water
front.
Thus began our extensive search for the perfect beach. The Corniche is two kilometers long and split
into gated beach areas. We were aiming for an area of beach we noticed with
volleyball nets, but we found it extremely crowded and decided to go to the
next gate. At this gate there were
umbrellas and chairs set out – perfect!
There was a small fee to get in, but when we went to pay it we were
informed that we were not allowed in. It
took us a few minutes, but we eventually figured out that this was a family
beach. Which apparently means you can only enter with an equal number of males
and females. We were 2 girls and 3 guys. Not allowed in.
