
Visiting Hatta is one of the delights of living in the UAE and if this country gets to host a forthcoming Olympic Games (see article below), this would be a good place through which the marathon might be run (but not in mid-summer).
Thanks to Alice for this photo. Check out her other 15 photos on the Gulf News Gallery that is posted at this link:
Hatta Mountains: Journey to the Top of the World, Gulf News, 10 August 2008.
Dr Geoff Pound
Image: Mountain climbing.
Related Article:
UAE must Improve Environmental Record to Win Olympic Games, Experiencing the Emirates, 11 August 2008.