Rub al-Khali, UAE: Liwa Desert is located in the Abu Dhabi Empty Quarter and is the largest untouched and uninterrupted sand desert in the world. It lies about 100 km south of the Persian Gulf coast and 150 km from the city of Abu Dhabi, on the northern edge of Rub al Khali desert. In mid December every year, thousands of camel owners from the UAE and various GCC countries flock this place near Zayed City in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi amidst the sand dunes of this Rub al-khali desert, to participate in the 'Mazayen' festival or the camel beauty contest. There is actually a street called the Million Street – in the middle of nowhere with a sea of sand surrounding us as we drive along this street. Along this ‘Million’s Street’, which is so named as transactions worth millions of UAE Dirhams take place, camels are bought and sold – their worth running into millions of Dirhams depending upon their beauty!