After pricing a rental car against hiring a car, he had decided to go with hiring a car. I believe it priced out similarly, but he thought it would be nice to have someone else driving since he'd never been to this location. There was terrible traffic on the way out of town, similar to that heading from L.A. to Vegas on a Friday evening. It was nice to have someone else driving. But once we got to Ras Al Khaimah, we were even more pleased with our decision to hire a car. The entry to the resort was nearly invisible in the dark. Even our driver had to stop and reverse on the highway to make the entrance.
After a harrowing drive on a dark desert highway, we arrived at the resort. As we checked in, we were offered some hibiscus water and dates. The dates were stuffed with almonds. I've fallen in love with dates on this trip. I like them in nearly every form - plain, stuffed, or diced.
A golf cart took us to our villa, which was the first surprise of the weekend. The room was incredible. Craig took some videos when we got in. It was around 7 p.m., so it's dark.
Shortly after we arrived in the room, someone came with a "forgotten" cake:
You may not see it in the picture, but "Happy Anniversary" is written on the plate. Someone else booked this trip for us, so I'm not sure if she was confused or if something was simply lost in translation. But the room was certainly prepared for a couple celebrating an anniversary, as you can see in the bed decorations:
We had dinner reservations (originally at 7:30, but at reception they had pushed them back for us), so we didn't have time to do much more than take a few pictures and videos and change for dinner.
You forgot to mention that the drive from the highway to the turnoff to go down the pitch black winding road to the resort was along a "three lane" road in which the middle lane was variable as long as people wanted to play chicken.
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to forget that.
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