Monday, October 13, 2008

abu dhabi equestrian and hunting exhibit

14th Oct.


Day trip to the abu dhabi exhibition, faisal,ibrahim,rafiq,monir and me




Road,Road and more road....our pilots :)


Oh ya and sand, monir took a nap and when he woke up its our first pit stop at a mall for refreshments n food.


Sheik Zayed mosque the resting place of the late president.


Attendence was good on the first day and finally we're here


After the entrance and our lucky draw tickets comes the adverts.

First stop Polaris booth, desert and outdoor vehicles, super cool.




next stop good ol hunter shop, mohd greeted us, familiar faces.


Arabic horse club

Doggy transporter.

Fishermens Haven.

Paintings.

Falcons for sale.

Falcons for sale.
Falcon centre....with no falcons or staff............. or sale. hahaha.


Spear gun shop.




Hunting and young falconers








Paintings.



Houbara conservations......Falcons killing houbaras.....see how they go hand in hand??



Oman home-made sweets.

Jus keep clicking on each pic to enlarge it and let it run some old memories.



Kerosene fuelled fan.




before we came to tat part called manufacturing this was how its done.

pots n pans, leather craft and ceramics.

Part of arabic history and culture.....minus rafiq....vain man......




Hungarian Sword maker.





Wood Carvings booth.


be right back to this section.


Shoeseeee! please DO NOT kick anyone when wearing this.


Kayak shop.

Camping anyone?






Desert runners.
rafiq....the lion hearted.


revolving stage and rafiq wanting some of tat turning action haha.

Horse booths


field trips for kids to learn more about hunting.


Expensive toys for ppl with expensive taste. or no taste whatsoever haha.
Paintings.


Saluki competition.





Grey hounds.

The japanese falconry booth

Expensive but intricate hoods and equipments used during that era.

A female Japanese falconer.
The setup inside.
Jap swords for sale to.


Knife seller n manufacturer and a booth tat organises hunting trips to africa where u can shoot a defenceless un provoked animal with a big ass gun. welcome to life.
THE MOST HAPPENING PART OF THE WHOLE EXHIBITON.
Ready????
3......
2......
1..........
GUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big ,small, single barrel, double barreled, automatic,semi automatic anything tat goes bang!
HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LADIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Using the right sniper rifle for the job.





last gun on the rack.....getting acquainted with some old 'friends'.


I wonder if they come in pink? or like a purple barrel or a neon handguard or a plastic barrel? sheesh all colours even professional olympic guns sold.
Gunsmiths explaining the how to assemble part.
'ya stick it in ere and u pull tat thingy ere n ya aim n pull at trigger n pray ta god ya dun blow ya nutters off....' hahahahahaha



The real WOMD........off the rack......




Still cant get enuff of these babies.

MUD ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rafiq in his own photo shoot.
Sign says it all.




Anyone born in this year?

Entrance.


I so swear the car was here 5mins ago!!!! hahaha

First day of Eid look at the turn out!





Trigger happy....
Moo.