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驚覺窗外的太陽竟然黯淡無光!
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飯店下方的地鐵站不再金光閃閃。.
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整座城市彷彿籠罩著濃霧,能見度是1公里外、頂著高爾夫球的「阿聯酋電信塔」(Etisalat Building)。
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事先已訂妥今天的沙漠跨夜之旅(Overnight Desert Safari),面對突如其來的天候變化,只能隨遇而安了!
Local Tour(Travco)的司機準時在飯店門口出現,順路往下一家飯店接另一組日本遊客。
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哈里發塔在沙塵暴的籠罩下鋒芒盡失。
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「皇宮老城酒店」(Palace Downtown)坐落在哈里發塔和杜拜噴泉正後方,擁有無敵的視野景觀。
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等一名澳洲遊客上車後,就準備展開沙漠冒險之旅囉~
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高速行駛的E44公路上,只見厚重的沙塵漫天飛舞,鏡頭好像被罩上灰濁的濾鏡。
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E44公路全長118公里,連接杜拜市和哈達鎮(Hatta)。
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車行到E44公路的中途驛站稍事休息,這裡位在沙迦酋長國(Sharjah)的納茲瓦村(Nazwā)。
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途經一個小鎮.
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滾滾黃沙中繼續向目的地挺進!
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一輛輛Toyota Land Cruiser越野車陸續抵達集合地點。
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司機先將輪胎洩一點氣,以增加衝沙的抓地力。
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膽量夠大的話,可以嚐試配備防滾架的越野車,享受極限刺激的快感!
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車門一開,強勁的風沙瞬間撲面而來,當下立刻購買這一條含包紮服務的阿拉伯頭巾(Shemagh)。
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稍候這輛Land Cruiser將帶領我們馳騁沙漠。
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前方的四輪摩托車(Quad)車隊已迫不急待地競相追逐。
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輪到我們出發了~
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駛向一望無際的沙漠。
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因為沙塵暴,我們才能見到如此有活力的沙漠,地上較黑的部分是因為昨晚下過陣雨。
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車隊翻越上下起伏的沙丘,展開顛簸而刺激的衝沙行程(Dune Bashing)!熟悉沙漠地形、操縱技術高超的越野車駕駛,運用油門加減速、旋轉、甩尾等刺激腎上腺素的技巧,讓遊客在尖叫聲中體驗沙丘雲霄飛車的快感。
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彷彿永無止盡的激烈衝沙讓人無暇喘息,終於可以在此下車平復懸在半空中的心情,特別是暈車的遊客最期待這一刻的到來。
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由近至遠層層疊疊的沙丘。
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沙丘的迎風面則因受到強風吹蝕而產生規則的紋路;而光滑的部份則稱為滑落面(Slip Face)。
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難得有機會可以靜靜地坐看沙紋的變化。
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原本安排在此觀賞沙漠地平線的落日美景,無奈一場沙塵暴打亂計畫,車隊提前駛向駐紮的營地。
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被列為瀕危物種的阿拉伯劍羚,主要棲息在阿拉伯半島的沙漠及草原。
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阿拉伯劍羚是草食動物,全然適應沙漠生活可以幾個星期不喝水。
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分布在中東地區的阿拉伯瞪羚,以莎草屬植物為食,並從露水中獲取水分。
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也看到小鹿.
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不預期出現的沙漠落日!
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黃昏時抵達Travco營地。
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戴著口罩的駱駝。
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我戴著口罩是為了防風沙,你呢?
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天色漸暗,營地開始點亮燈火。
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佈置妥當的取餐區。
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見識一下沙漠水井。
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營地一隅販售沙畫紀念品。
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行程原本安排在營地中央享用BBQ,無奈戶外風沙太大,因而改在貝都因帳篷內用餐。
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食物混雜著風飛沙,很特別的一餐!
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主餐是串燒,烤肉和烤餅。
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體驗Henna Painting(彩繪刺青),男生也能畫,只是圖案較小,大約可維持一星期。
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接著是與觀眾同樂的肚皮舞孃。
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到舞孃表演結束為止,今天的行程都還與想像中的Desert Safari差異不大。誰知散場時遊客竟然一車一車離去?原來只有我們與另一對德國籍夫婦是報名Overnight Desert Safari!彼此面面相覷,孤伶伶的這2頂帳篷就是我們今晚的棲身之所!
沙塵暴來襲前的帳篷內觀。
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不久前歌舞昇平的貝都因帳篷,現在已經一片空盪盪~
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2名負責留守的伊朗籍移工,提醒我們千萬不要擅離營區,以免發生危險,還是先幫我們拍照存證…聽到此言心中愈來愈忐忑不安了。
這裡沒有電視,沒有網路,可能看我們太無聊了,工作人員帶了衣服來幫我們變裝,不久廣場上就出現了兩位阿拉伯女人。
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原本以為大家伙兒今晚將群聚在此仰望沙漠星空,沒想到沙塵暴攪局,身處阿拉伯沙漠的幾名異鄉客,在此刻只想安然度過這一夜。
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記錄2015年我們在杜拜的驚魂夜。
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夜裡沙塵暴襲擊愈來愈強烈,即使窩在貝都因帳篷內的小帳篷,還是明顯感受到風沙穿透帳篷打在臉上,不得已只好戴上口罩睡覺,只希望快一點夜盡天明。
清晨起身時,眼前帳篷內因黃沙入侵而一片狼藉的景象,全然破壞在沙漠住一晚的浪漫情懷與美麗憧憬,但也正是這些預料之外的情節,才讓這段旅程更加令人難忘!
(Pentax K-5 + DA18-270 & Pentax K20D + DA12-24 jpg)
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