Offscreen Expedition 2007

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day 2, one of the best days i have had in my life. a proper camp in the middle of the beutiful fayaa desrt. The palm trees the red sand this desrt has it all. We are crrently sleeping in with some of the students from Rashid school their art work put us to shame but we stil held up a good fight in sand boarding on the sand dunes of the dessert. tomorow we will be of in a hot air baloon 2,000 ft in the air across the the dessert. and will be visiting one of the worlds biggest mallin dubai.

check da site tomoro, we will upload picture of the desert 2,000 ft in the air.

BYE

PS: shout out to marjan who in a few a days will be freezing in the antarctic GOOD LUCK!!!!

Bring me back some ice.

Day 2

Today we had quite an eventful day.Everyone had a problem waking up because we slept late.First of all we had to go to Rasheed Boys School to meet up with four local students. We arrived at the school in the morning and met up with the students and they seemed friendly and spoke good english.At the school we had breakfast and looked at their art work which was very impressive.

After this we went to one of the students [Maktum’s] house which was like no other house i’d ever seen! He had a collection of different animals such as cheetahs,giraffes,felcons,deers, and many more.There were also a set of top quality cars parked on the driveway.Maktum comes from a rich family so he enjoys many luxeries.

We then went to The Felcon Centre to look at Felons because its tradition is important to the Emirates people.

After this we went back to the school for some lunch which was very nice.We had a three course meal.

Our day ended in the Wadi Fayah Desert where we had such great fun by doing activities such as sand-sking,camping,felconing.The other students from Rasheed Boys School and teachers also came along with us and spent the night with us.

wooow did we have fun today or what..mmm wat did we do lets c…? first of all we went to sleep at about 3.00 and we had to wake up at 7.30 aaagghh sumhow i managed to get out of bed and the next thisng i knew I was on my way to Latifah Secondary School, what was I expecting? mm girls in hijabs who didn’t relate to our way of life, but what I got was completely different, the girls were soo kind and they treated us like royalty (thank yaa) we went to the farm,it wasn’t really much of a farm the only animals there were camels, we made this huge pieces of art work with the other students it was beautiful……..CAN U BELIEVE I RODE A CAMEL ???? i was soo scared but in the end I just went on it and i honestky thought the damn camel was gna chuk me off but luckely it didnt…!!! I saw burj-al-arabit was beautiful looking forward to tomorrow.. one thing today tought me was to never underestimate; what people can be like, the girls were soo much like us we even had the same taste in music okki i gta go luv yaa :-) x

2day was AMAZING…we went to latifa gyalz skul it was gr8..the gyalz were rele friendly n dey made us feel at home… lolz we were allowed to hav a camel ride but as soon as i sat on da camel i came str8 bac off..i was soo scared lolz.one thing i learnt is dat ppl alwayz seem to tink dat da gyalz in da middle east MUST COVER UP but dats a lie coz dey hav so much freedom n dey r independent gyalzim havin a gr8 tym but i do miss evry1love u mum n nini n pam..AND EVRY1 lolz

OMG!.Another amzing day! We all were ready early today… not too early. We left the gallery at 9:30 to head off to the Latifa all girls’s school. We firstly went to their school, but then we were taken to a near by farm called Nad Al Shiba farm, this is where the girls were waiting for us. It was really niceeeeee! Everyone, I mean everyone, was so friendly and welcoming. The girls were really open about things and they all were great fun. I never imagined it being so nice, the environment, the people, everything! it’s been really cool today. I love and miss the girls alot. The whole day went perfectly, it was so nicely organised. AND THE WEATHER WAS GREAT! I have absolutely loved it today, I can’t wait for tomorrow. Bye for now.Good night:)Radhika xxx

today we had a whole entire gallery 4 themselves lol.we had to get up really early and leave the place by 9:00 to get to Latifa School for girls.and iv got to say ive never met people as kind as they were,they had given us so much nice food and taught us soooo much,the trip so far has been an absolutly amazing experience x

Hi everyone,Thanks for all the blogs you sent. Its so good to know you are all watching our progress. Miss you all. Plashet, I hope you are all looking forward to your well deserved half term. Anyway, today was another fun packed day, with the latifa school for girls. Went to a farm, that belongs to one of the students. They layed on a banquet for us, well 3 banquets actually, breakfast, lunch and dinner.We spent the day, drawing camels, producing this huge land art in the sand….It was exhausting!!! We were digging trenches for hours and there was camel poo everywhere! But at first we were mistaking it for pebbles and picking them up and throwing them out!!! But itwas all good fun and the final art piece was quite spectacular.We then dressed up in traditional clothes, which we got to keep, had henna done..the girls, not me and basically ate more food. The Latifa girls were amazing, so hospitable, not at all the stereotypical sheltered women we all imagine, but quite westernised in their thinking. They are great artists and they were the perfect hostesses and we all had a fantastic time. So far this expedition is all that we hoped for and more. Having the best time ever. But miss you all back home, loads. Keep sending your blogs. Love to you all.xxx