After a morning swim at Maamzar Beach, we decided to head to the Sharjah National Park. Getting there was not difficult, the navigator clearly led to the right place. The entrance to the park costs as much as two dirhams, you can’t imagine a budget one.
It was not possible to park near the entrance, because a NIGHTMARE was going on there. Many Arab families come to this park in full force, with all their numerous relatives, bags with food, barbecues, chairs and other unimaginably necessary things for relaxation. Nobody likes to carry it, so every self-respecting Arab driver tries to park as close as possible to the entrance to the park. to unload the family and a trunk full of junk. It is not possible to do this particularly quickly, so conflicts constantly arise between cars approaching the entrance to unload, and cars that have already unloaded and want to drive off.
At the same time, drivers enter into heated skirmishes, get out of their cars and arrange a "bazaar league", which also does not contribute to unloading the parking lot.
Arab families have a thorough approach to relaxing in this park - huge bowls of salads, buckets of pickled meat, a bag of flat cakes, baskets of vegetables - all this mass of products floats decorously and nobly on the heads and in the hands of the family, while the leader with his beloved son proudly walks ahead. The park has specially designated places for barbecue, but many bring small barbecues with them and sit right on the sidewalk. Arab kebabs look pretty funny - they are small wooden sticks strung with small pieces of meat, abundantly sprinkled with spices. Vegetables are fried separately, on all the same sticks, everything looks very appetizing and tasty.
The park has a large playground, lots of swings, a small castle and several rides.
Nearby is a sign with forbidden inscriptions, I was pleased with the last position “Do not litter! ”, the first thought was that you can’t drink more than a liter here, but, unfortunately, this translates as “Don’t cover it! ". The park itself looks very good, a lot of greenery, paved roads with beautiful paving stones, benches on the sides of the road, and so on. There are separate flower beds, there are small green tunnels, a huge green hill has been built, from which the local children slide sideways, or slide down on skateboards.
Not far from the entrance you can rent a bike (20 dirhams - 30 minutes), this is a four-wheeled device, in front there are two places for passengers, in the back there are two seats with pedals and steering wheels. The seats are quite well regulated, both in height and leg extension, at least I set it up conveniently for myself, the machine itself rides quite smoothly, I pedaled myself, and this was quite enough for a leisurely ride of my whole family.
On the way, we often met animals like chipmunks, they are not shy and allowed themselves to be examined and photographed. I was amazed by the multitude of Arabs lying in their dazzling white robes just on the grass, it didn’t even occur to them to spread something. Sharjah airport is not far away, and huge planes coming in for landing flew right over our heads more than once. It is well thought out that there are a huge number of garbage cans in the park, so you don’t have to go far to throw out the garbage. True, I have noticed more than once that local children throw garbage anywhere, but not in trash cans, this is, like, a local custom: “Throw it anywhere, baby, others will take it away, everything has been paid for! ".
When I rented out my bike, the Arab kids started a game of chasing around me, not shy about grabbing me as a cover. I make scary eyes, like a deputy who was not given a rollback, the children instantly disappear.
It was not possible to park near the entrance, because a NIGHTMARE was going on there. Many Arab families come to this park in full force, with all their numerous relatives, bags with food, barbecues, chairs and other unimaginably necessary things for relaxation. Nobody likes to carry it, so every self-respecting Arab driver tries to park as close as possible to the entrance to the park. to unload the family and a trunk full of junk. It is not possible to do this particularly quickly, so conflicts constantly arise between cars approaching the entrance to unload, and cars that have already unloaded and want to drive off.
At the same time, drivers enter into heated skirmishes, get out of their cars and arrange a "bazaar league", which also does not contribute to unloading the parking lot.
Arab families have a thorough approach to relaxing in this park - huge bowls of salads, buckets of pickled meat, a bag of flat cakes, baskets of vegetables - all this mass of products floats decorously and nobly on the heads and in the hands of the family, while the leader with his beloved son proudly walks ahead. The park has specially designated places for barbecue, but many bring small barbecues with them and sit right on the sidewalk. Arab kebabs look pretty funny - they are small wooden sticks strung with small pieces of meat, abundantly sprinkled with spices. Vegetables are fried separately, on all the same sticks, everything looks very appetizing and tasty.
The park has a large playground, lots of swings, a small castle and several rides.
Nearby is a sign with forbidden inscriptions, I was pleased with the last position “Do not litter! ”, the first thought was that you can’t drink more than a liter here, but, unfortunately, this translates as “Don’t cover it! ". The park itself looks very good, a lot of greenery, paved roads with beautiful paving stones, benches on the sides of the road, and so on. There are separate flower beds, there are small green tunnels, a huge green hill has been built, from which the local children slide sideways, or slide down on skateboards.
Not far from the entrance you can rent a bike (20 dirhams - 30 minutes), this is a four-wheeled device, in front there are two places for passengers, in the back there are two seats with pedals and steering wheels. The seats are quite well regulated, both in height and leg extension, at least I set it up conveniently for myself, the machine itself rides quite smoothly, I pedaled myself, and this was quite enough for a leisurely ride of my whole family.
On the way, we often met animals like chipmunks, they are not shy and allowed themselves to be examined and photographed. I was amazed by the multitude of Arabs lying in their dazzling white robes just on the grass, it didn’t even occur to them to spread something. Sharjah airport is not far away, and huge planes coming in for landing flew right over our heads more than once. It is well thought out that there are a huge number of garbage cans in the park, so you don’t have to go far to throw out the garbage. True, I have noticed more than once that local children throw garbage anywhere, but not in trash cans, this is, like, a local custom: “Throw it anywhere, baby, others will take it away, everything has been paid for! ".
When I rented out my bike, the Arab kids started a game of chasing around me, not shy about grabbing me as a cover. I make scary eyes, like a deputy who was not given a rollback, the children instantly disappear.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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