It really feels like an eternity ago that I was in the pleasant heat of the Middle East, trying to make the most of my short stay there. Since then I managed to get stranded in Italy for a couple of days in some serious below freezing temperatures. What made this situation far, far worse was that I didn't spot even just one Italian supercar despite being only two hours from the birthplaces of Ferrari and Lamborghini. It's a funny old world where a week previous, some 2,900 miles away I just happened across this beautiful Murcielago, cooling down after what was surely a spirited drive.

The reason we were wandering the streets aimlessly was due to the inaugural UAE Drift event being postponed due to the cars not being released by customs in time. This wingless GT-R parked out back at the event ticked all the right boxes for me.

Some of you spotted this JZX90 Cressida in the original post that was also present for the event.

As someone who invests a lot of time and emotion into motorsport, it's always disappointing when you miss out on an opportunity to shoot any event. This was an especially bitter one for me though, you just need to take one look at that for a backdrop to see why.

Instead of wallowing in what could of been, we decided to make the most of our time in Dubai but exploring the city and seeing what we could dig up. This E Class Mercedes was looking quite nice on what I thought was an unusual choice of wheels.

Moving from whereeverthehellwewere we moved onto the infamous Jumeirah Beach, a spot we were assured of some exotic sightings.

Parking up in a nearby multi storey car park we spotted this abandoned Cadillac Escalade. Apparently it's a common enough sight around Dubai to find relatively expensive cars just parked up and abandoned.

You know you're onto a good thing when pretty much the first car you stumble upon is a matte white Muricelago Super Veloce.

This would hands down be my 'Lotto' win car. It's such a fantastic design that it's imminent successor has a lot to live up to.

This modified Lexus LS 460 L was one of two tuner shop demo cars prowling the beach front.

This matte gold / bronze Mercedes SL was a pretty awesome colour in the flesh.

Matte wraps were the order of the night, this yellow GT-R will surely divide opinions.

Another Murcielago hiding in the dark …

… not far from this C63 AMG.

Thanks to the lights of a passing car I could just about pick out this 996 Porsche GT2.

A 722 McLaren SLR also lay waiting in the darkness.

Even though it is probably only worth a fraction of some of the cars mentioned so far, this FN2 Civic Type R still attracted a lot of attention.

A matte grey M6 with some dish and an aftermarket bodykit.

The new Camaro looks incredible in the flesh.

Although it was slightly outclassed by this SLS directly behind it. Which would you rather, US or Euro V8 power ?

Er …

More in part three where we'll take a closer look at the Murcielago in the first image along with a trip to a local tuning shop featuring some of the largest turbo chargers I've ever seen in my life.

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Paddy McGrath