"Crabbing" in Um Al Quwain

Here is another first time ever adventure; we went “crabbing”. Despite the fact that Mike’s mother warned him that catching crabs would be a bad thing, we ignored her advice and jumped in. Literally! Once again, we did not know anything until we were well into it! They don’t tell you much over here. We started at the beach in Um Al Quwain, which is an emirate south of us. After sunset, we took a small boat into the darkness and stopped when we got into the shallows near the mangroves and jumped right into the water, spear in hand and halogen lamps in another. Mike isn’t crazy about water, so he stayed in the boat to document the hysteria. Danica doesn’t really like to harm defenseless creatures, so she walked around in the muck laughing at the fish that kept leaping out of the water and smacking her legs. Anyway, a good time was had by all. After the massacre, we went back to the beach for an Arabian buffet complete with our catch of the day.