Pre-Summer Blues a/k/a The Battle Of The Handedness - #262

The hats have it! Why did all the people wearing hats sit to the left?

I have been studying the lefty and righty phenomenon... and generally lefties are odd. (oddly, I'm pretty ambidextrous).

Reason for this post? Summer hits too hard here - it's so weird, in most countries of the world we all look forward to the summer, the heat, the holidays etc... even in hot countries like Aus, the summer is great! Well... here is an exception. It's hitting well into the 40+ C now so this shot may be the last of the beach for the next few months...

In Their Flying Machines - #240

Just back from camping on Jebal Ali beach - the last time before the summer gets too hot - it's about 37 deg C currently during the day.

We had just set up the tents when a visitor buzzed in from the skies. This is a powered paraglider. It was very graceful and looked pretty easy to maneuver. I want one...

MH Queen Of The Desert - #138

A shot of my friend and kite surf buddy MH's beast... She digs out cars twice the size, tows out any stucks and rescues big burly blokes from the sand. Her car goes anywhere and does anything to anything. And she sometimes drinks beer for breakfast.

Dumping On The Beach - #131

I couldn't post this shot on New Years Day, however it was taken on New Years Day morning... it's a little bit sad. As referenced in this post.

Mr Jez and his Fanoos - #64

A fanoos is a lantern.

A Jez is a bloke I know.

These are both a very welcome addition to the expedition accoutrements.

Something That Is About To Disappear Soon - #62

What is about to disappear?

The whole beach... there are massive developments along this fragile coastline called Dubai Waterfront. It is a huge project plus the building of Jebel Ali airport city (yes, an airport city!?!) near by will ensure this beach will not look like this in possibly 1 more year and it will certainly be gone in 5 years.

A very sad state of affairs. Gone for good.

This post is my entry for in the 1st November theme day, please use the links to below to visit all 47 Daily Photo sites that are participating.

(Due to time zone differences and other factors, the theme photo may not be displayed until later if you are viewing early in the day.)

1 (Porto ) -2 (Seattle WA USA (Kim) ) -3 (London, UK ) -4 (Greenville, SC ) -5 (Albuquerque, NM (USA) ) -6 (St Paul Kate ) -7 (ShangHai, China ) -8 (Phoenix, Az ) -9 (Twin Cities, MN ) -10 (Sequim, WA ) -11 (Stayton, OR, USA ) -12 (Bandung (Indonesia) ) -13 (Dallas, USA ) -14 (Stavanger (Norway) ) -15 (Singapore (zannnie) ) -16 (Budapest (Hungary) ) -17 (Paris (France) ) -18 (Tuzla (BiH) ) -19 (Melbourne, (Aust.) ) -20 (Auckland, New Zealand ) -21 (Singapore (Raymond) ) -22 (Dubai UAE (DXBluey) ) -23 (Vantaa, Finland ) -24 (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada ) -25 (St. Paul MN Carol ) -26 (Singapore (Keropok) ) -27 (Delta Colorado, USA ) -28 (Rotterdam (Netherlands ) -29 (Queens, NY (USA) ) -30 (Tenerife (Spain) ) -31 (Santiago (Chile) ) -32 (Nelson, New Zealand ) -33 (( Japan ) ) -34 (Hyde (UK) ) -35 (Sydney (Sally) ) -36 (Manila, Philippines ) -37 (Aliso Viejo, CA (USA) ) -38 (Nottingham UK ) -39 (Brussels, Belgium ) -40 (Sharon, CT (USA) ) -41 (Sydney Australia (Nathalie) ) -42 (Edinburgh, Scotland ) -43 (Evry, France ) -44 (San Diego, CA (USA) ) -45 (Santa Clara, CA (USA) ) -46 (Saarbrücken, Germany ) -47 (Joplin, MO (USA))

Good Things Come To Those Who Wait - #51

Fresh off the camera, sea salt and sand still in my hair...

Here is my first long exposure shot. Last night camping on the beach - 13 second exposure.

In realty this was very, very dark - you can see the motion blur on the people.

I like the line in the sky - is this a plane, a satellite, a UFO?

Do Camels Prefer The Front Crawl Or The Backstroke? - #48

Too hot?

I wish I knew....

One of my favourite places - #20

Another view of Dubai, a glorious view - the beach at Jebal Ali.

This is a glorious beach between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. A great place to spend a day or even camp over night with friends.

The government have made beach shelters and put up these shower units along the whole beach (except for some reason these showers are dry, they never work!). There is a huge airport just about to be developed, in fact the biggest in the world, that I think will be the end of this beach. They have started zoning it off and it is a great great shame...

The temperature is dropping steadily and very soon it'll be cool enough for the first camping trip of the year and I can't wait...