July 14, 2007

Fabulous Fujairah!

On my last trip to The UAE I visited Fujairah and did two amazing dives at Dibba Rock. Clownfish, barracudas and turtles galore! Not to mention beautiful coral reefs, in contrast to Dubai's "dead sea" due to all the construction work.

Fujairah is growing! it said on posters next to the road. Sweden's Fritidsresor now flies its holidaymakers to Fujairah and when I visited Fujairah's Tourism site I was pleasently surprised by fabulous music. Have a listen. One can only hope that Fujairah's waters are spared from excessive construction work.

13 comments:

noora said...

I couldnt but smile as i open the page to yr post and there i c FUJAIRAH...its my home town u c :) So glad to c it there..it is a beautiful beautiful place and i wish it does not use dubai as a role for growth.. i hope it could be an example on its own.

P.S : i am an occasional reader of yr blog but this post got me speaking up ;)

Shaykhspeara Sha'ira said...

Welcome noora :) Glad to hear from you! I couldn't agree more. I don't wish to see Fujairah turning into a copy of Dubai but rather make use of the amazing riches it has in terms of nature and its people without over exploiting them. I loved it there, and the old and cute al bidyah Mosque was a satisfying treat in itself!

Anonymous said...

Yes "Fujairah is growing", but at least here the growth seems more natural unlike the mad rush we see in Dubai, Sharjah & even tiny Ajman. As for the Bidiya mosque, praying inside it was a totally out of this world experience. At least this is what I felt :-)

Destitute Rebel said...

Just love fujairah, the beaches, the mountains the diving everything is amazing there.

Anonymous said...

Hmm.. was just in Fujeirah last friday and I didn't have this beautiful impression you did. It seemed to me that it was, well, trying too hard to achieve something it never will...

Perhaps you should give me diving recommendations for next time I'm over there! =)

When are you coming to Dubai??

Hira said...

i hope it doesnt loose its beauti till atleast i actually get a chance to go there....

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Radha said...

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maliha11 said...

very nice too see that ur talking abt beautiful places ... way to go

Malaika said...

fujairah is a beautiful place...i really hope it doesn't go through drastic changes like ajman and sharjah..i like it the way it is! nice and natural

bas kamal said...

i love Fujairah...its just an amazing place arounded wid mountains....ma dream iz 2 visit dis place...

Shaykhspeara Sha'ira said...

Hi everyone and new readers!

Thank you for your comments, I love Fujairah as well! You can see more of those pictures coming up now and then on www.globalthems.org

Take care everyone :)

secure tabs said...

I have never been there, but I would like to make a trip to this place, it would be so amazing to me, thank for sharing it....