Sundays at the Beach

Just about every Sunday you'll find me on the beach in Abu Dhabi.  Surprisingly there aren't many public beaches here.  Most are connected to the hotels and operate pricey resort type beach clubs.  The is one large public beach that is way too rocky and impossible to find parking. But, luckily there are few tiny quiet public beaches and I love this little one.  You can't go on the weekend because it's wall to wall locals, but on the weekdays this is where the expats go.  The palm trees are only a dozen steps from the water and the sand is silky smooth.

Sundays are the "New Mondays" here, otherwise it's the first day of the work week, with Friday and Saturday being our weekend.  When the extreme heat broke back in October a friend and I started heading to the beach.  We quickly found out that Sundays were the quietest day and started inviting friends.  Somedays there are two or three of us, one day we had twelve!  We bring our own lunches and enjoy each other's company ad the wonderful weather.

There are almost no waves because of the breakwaters around the island.  Depending on the tides sometimes you walk out what seems forever and it's still waist deep, and other times ten steps in and you're treading water!

A bunch of us bought cheap pool floats and we can stay out in the water for hours at a time!  I won't go out alone on my float because I'm afraid I'll fall asleep and wake up by an oil tanker!  Barry laughed at me because I was going to attach a line and anchor to my float.  So instead of looking silly, I always take a buddy!  

If you're ever in Abu Dhabi from October to May you know where to find me on any Sunday!