_{The busy city of Dubai is a continuous construction Site, and even the beautiful Mansion of the Emir of Dubai, full with fantastic peacocks, had deviation signs…}

_{Walid Macher, our friend and driver, had his praying carpet always with him. He often had to study the UAE-map as I wanted to research every known Wadi along the Gulf of Oman…}

_{… along all UAE highways are light poles, about every 50 metres (left), and wild camels roam on the sand dune (right)…}

_{…but also butterflies and high-legged bugs can be found in the UAE-desert – there is more live in the desert that anyone can imagine…}

_{…fruits and vegetables are sold in the desert along the street…}

_{…a Akazia-tree endemic to the Arabian peninsula which can survive with very little water for a decade or more…}

_{…some goats watching while Walid changes from Western cloth to his traditional Arabic dress (he said it is easier to talk to natives in his traditional dress)…}

_{…mosques and beautiful villas in the desert…}

_{…but the first Wadi consited of only a tiny algae-filled waterhole with tadpoles…}

_{…the water flow has dried-up long ago…}

_{…but some plants and caterpillars survive…}

_{Deep water and its “Waterfall“ was the only Wadi with had water along the entire coast in the UAE. But more persons had discovered this freshwater source}

_{This was once a gigantic riverbed, thousands of years ago, today almost completely dry…}

_{…except for this a tiny flow…}

_{…we climbed up to find untouched upper pools and hopefully fishes…}

_{…and there were some: a beautiful Garra sp. (the only fish species found) and two amazing larva of dragonfly and a very interesting snail…}

_{…in a very nice habitat, the only Wadi with water…}

_{Arriverdeci United Arabian Emirates and its desert…}

_{…but before Walid had to pray at sunset in the desert...}

_{…and we celebrated the only living freshwater fish in the UAE with fireworks in Dubai that evening in the very best (and most expensive) restaurant on Dubai’s famous Creek}