This is ride to dinner after an amazing trek through the dessert in four wheel drive Land Cruisers. To say it lightly the trip was awesome. We spent about 2 hours in the trucks flying (literally) over dunes and down valleys until you just about felt like you were going to lose your lunch. After the four wheeling we sat down for a relaxing dinner under the moonlight in a compound in the sand. We ate kabobs until we were stuffed and took camel rides to get the full experience. The night ended with a few puffs from Sisha and a ride home were half of us fell asleep in the truck.

Dubai

The final 2 days of our Indian adventure were spent in Dubai. Dubai was very different than India in so many ways even though much of the population is from India originally. It felt like a cross between Las Vegas and LA. It has the feeling of a no rules place that is just operating in a state of equilibrium. It is "A petri dish of pure capitalism and large infusions of regional oil money..." as observed by one of Babson's finest students.

Dubai felt completely safe for westerners. Even walking around late in the morning after the bars have close we felt just as safe (or safer) than we would have in Boston, MA. It makes me wonder if the "social security" that residents are afforded due to the oil money is the primary driver of low crime rates. It was definitely better than I was expecting given that we were in the middle east just a boat ride away from Iran. The part that took me back a little was the reaction of fellow students being in Dubai. Many felt very insecure about being in a Muslum country and seeing people everywhere who have been vilified here in the US. I just had a hard time relating...maybe I don't watch TV enough!