![Riding camels in the desert!](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/07/IMG_7206-300x225.jpg)
Riding camels in the desert!
![Dad riding a motorcycle-type thing in the desert.](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/07/IMG_7173-e1406149464835-225x300.jpg)
Dad riding a motorcycle-type thing in the desert.
![View from the car riding to Al Ain-Oman for the border run.](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/07/IMG_7128-e1406147599521-225x300.jpg)
View from the car riding to Al Ain-Oman for the border run.
![The beautiful Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/06/IMG_6337-e1403689180658-300x300.jpg)
The beautiful Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
![Dirhams, the stand in for the American dollar.](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/06/IMG_6103-e1402421212466-300x225.jpg)
Dirhams, the stand in for the American dollar.
![The beach!!](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/06/IMG_5999-e1402343236211-225x300.jpg)
The beach!!
![A door handle at the palace/hotel (that's a DIAMOND).](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/06/IMG_6069-e1402419308186-225x300.jpg)
A door handle at the palace/hotel (that’s a DIAMOND).
![The college where my dad worked for the summer (pretty, right?)](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/06/IMG_6506-300x225.jpg)
The college where my dad worked for the summer (pretty, right?)
![Once again, the college.](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/06/IMG_6496-e1403685714983-225x300.jpg)
Once again, the college.
![Artistic picture experiment (once more, at the college).](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/06/IMG_6499-e1403685612985-225x300.jpg)
Artistic picture experiment (once more, at the college).
![Futuristic buildings that don't only exist in sci-fi movies.](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/06/IMG_6074-e1402419882710-225x300.jpg)
Futuristic buildings that don’t only exist in sci-fi movies.
![Car on top of mountain that is actually a sand dune.](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/07/IMG_7265-e1406148544958-225x300.jpg)
Car on top of mountain that is actually a sand dune.
![Yup, it used to be a palace. Now it's a hotel.](http://elaparis.chapus.net/wp-uploads/2014/06/IMG_60771-e1403690512134-300x300.jpg)
Yup, it used to be a palace. Now it’s a hotel.