This was the view out of our window this week - the humidity had arrived! It looked just like rain on the windows, but in fact it was the warm humidity condensing on the airconditioned windows. When you went outside, it was like hitting a wall. Fortunately it didn't last very long and the next evening it was actually a lot cooler and it has been much cooler for the last few days with temperatures below 40. Wow, what a difference that makes. We decided it was cool enough to start venturing further afield which meant driving through the desert, which we had stopped doing during the really hot temperatures, as you could really get into trouble if your car broke down.

So today we took a trip up the coast on the east side of Qatar up to a place near Fuwairit beach. This beach just had a few people spotted along it. It was really nice and clean and there were garbage pails strategically placed along the beach so there was very little litter. Where the dark spot is at the end of the beach were some rocks going into the water. Several fellows were there digging for clams. Derek had a go and bought me back a couple to see - just like the ones we find at home. I just lay down on the beach and left him to it!

You just drive off the dirt or rather sand road and onto the beach to claim your spot.

This was the view behind us. It looked like there had been a village there once upon a time, but they were all crumbled down now. It looked really interesting though, they were made with rocks that were piled up with mud over top of them which baked in the sun. It was a really lovely afternoon and really relaxing. We came home very salty, sandy and windswept. I had a swim and it was almost refreshing instead of like a hot bath and Derek had dug for clams - a really good day. I will put some more pictures on tomorrow of some other things we saw.