Al Ain Zoo

During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, certain venues have special hours as sleep cycles of fasting Muslims change. It is also still quite hot. So, the Al Ain Zoo was open from 9pm until 2am! I had never been to Al Ain which is very far inland in the United Arab Emirates. After a 90 minute drive from Dubai we came up to the zoo, which in contrast to the tiny cages of the Dubai Zoo is a refreshing, huge place. It has mostly large, open enclosures with mixed animals and tree cover. It is definitely modelled after the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Parks. Not ass great as the San Diego parks, but very nice and cheap! It hard to take photos at night but here is a shot of the african animals below Jebel Hafeet, the largest mountain in the UAE in the background.