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'''The United Arab Emirates''' is a [[Middle East]]ern federation of seven emirates. It has borders to [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Oman]]. Its capital is [[Abu Dhabi (city)|Abu Dhabi]].
[[User:Alex|alex]]:
:I hitchhiked from Dubai to Muscat, Oman and some days later back to Dubai Airport. It was very easy to get back to Dubai, but leaving Dubai was quite hard. After spending hours in Dubai I took a cab into the desert (for about 10 US$) and then tried hitchhiking along the highway towards Oman. Most people that stopped wanted some money and all those who did not want money dropped me off at the next bus station. In Oman it was easier, but I was still dropped off at bus stations all the time. I got my entire three day stay organized by some people that gave me rides and they offered me everything from food, place to sleep and tourist tours. Hitchhiking in Oman is the best way to meet locals.
:I'm also curious if somebody made it with the ferry from [[Iran]] to Sharjah (or the other way around). I tried it, but the ferry was almost a week delayed (and twice as expencive for europeans), so I had to fly to Dubai since my Iranian visa was about to expire.
:In January 2012 I spent about a week in [[Dubai]] before I hitched into [[Oman]]. I successfully managed to hitchhike inside the city. Especially the people from India and Pakistan was very happy to help me. The big E11 highway inside Dubai city would be insane to try and hitchhike on though, unless you find a good on-ramp. Combining the (quite cheap) metro and hitchhiking worked pretty good in the city. I also found it very easy to hitchhike to [[Oman]], I never waited more than 10 minutes, usually one of the first cars passing by picked me up. Only 1 guy asked how much I would pay. But as Felix writes, you might want to get a taxi out of the city center I stayed with a host outside the center, so I managed without a taxi.
--[[User:Jakobwithk|Jakobwithk]] 10:12, 16 January 2012 (CET)
== Emirates ==