By gretelarmfeg on Skatehive
There’s a special kind of excitement that comes when you go into the sunrise, especially when it means waking up in the middle of the night for a road trip. My husband and I had been talking about visiting Jebel Hafeet and the day came. We were so excited, like two kids going away on an escapade. He planned our departure from Dubai at 1:00 AM. To reach the top before sunrise. Not only to witness the golden light shattering over the mountains, but also to experience the mystic view of city lights glowing below the summit in the quiet of the night. Something we had seen online and couldn’t stop talking about. Jabal Hafeet is a mountain in the region of Tawam, on the border of the United Arab Emirates and Oman. It is often considered an outlier of the Hajar Mountains in Eastern Arabia due to its proximity to the main range. Wikipedia The sole mountain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and one of the highest mountains in the country.Wikipedia As we drove through the peaceful highways, the thrill