Hasta Mañana at Khan Creek, Sharjah, UAE

HASTA  MANANA

Where is the spring and the summer

 that once was yours and mine?

Where did it go?

I just don't know.

AL KHAN CREEK - Sharjah, 1974 - United Arab Emirates
Water colour painting by Tony Fernandes
Size 20" x 16 "

Warm summer evening, humidity is in the air. As usual on such days, our friends meet us the creek there. Swimming or just relaxing on the beach, watching the sunset. Talking, catching up on things. We carried our portable radio with us and tuned in to Dubai FM. 'Hasta Manana' turned out to be yet another hit for 'ABBA' among other songs of that era that got a lot of air time. 

The late evening scene, just like my water colour painting above, was warm, still, serene. Beautiful and sleepy little ancient village of Al Khan at sunset. Then in the twilight, towards the east glowed dimly the lights of Sharjah town, and in the distance, west by south-west, glimmered the lights of Dubai, and their hopes and dreams of becoming modern and beautiful cities.

Click on the link below to give a listen, just for old times’ sake,
to that wonderful old classic of 40 years ago. 

......Hasta Manana 'til we meet again,
my good old friends.
Don't know where, don't know when.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xonWnxQcmNE