Actually Hatta 2 squared, as I wrote it last week and it got lost in transmission... Ho hum!

We went to Hatta again with Rodica - saw the camels of the last post on the way home - but I really wanted to share the pictures of the falaj.

A falaj is the arab version of an aquaduct, and can be above or below ground.

I thought this was rather impressive. I'll upload in sections and see if I can succeed this time.

Wadi Hatta

This is a view across Wadi Hatta, so you can see how arid the area is in general.

falaj

Here is the falaj at a point where the water is carried along a trough something under a meter high and across.

falaj 2

Looking into the water. There were numerous small fish swimming in it!

falaj 3

All along the length of the falaj, which sometimes was cut into the rock and sometimes went underground, there was greeenery.

Oleander

Here are Ed and I beside a sizeable oleander bush! Notice my rather Edwardian swimming attire, and Ed's desert dress!