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Garden in the desert

Visitors enjoy breakfast in the desert at the Arabian Nights Village in Al Ain

The lush greenery of the Garden City of Al Ain was a welcome sight.

I had driven from Ras Al Khaimah past the rugged desert terrain, and sand dunes, and struggled through a blinding sand storm.

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