This was the picture I forgot to put in my last blog. After we had been driving over the sand dunes for about 20 minutes or so - one of the cars got a flat tire and it had to be changed. I am not sure how they knew it was flat, since you have to let a lot of air out of the tires anyway to drive on the sand. Quite funny to watch though - as our group was full of mostly male engineers, together with the Qatari drivers - all of whom are car mad. Anyway you could smell the testosterone in the air as helpful comments were made in English, French and Arabic throughout the exercise! Surprisingly quickly we were on our way again.

At sunrise, the next morning, we got up to take some photos. Our neighbours the previous night were a group of Qataris who had been camping back on the sand dunes a bit of a way down the water from us. They sounded like they were having fun, talking and laughing around a campfire - you could have been camping anywhere in Canada! Anyway, the next morning, the tide was out and our neighbours had driven right to the edge of the water and were busy fishing. They kindly gave us a fish! although the cook at our camp didn't think too much of the type of fish! it somehow never got cooked! One of the easiest ways to get around is to drive right by the water as it is firm sand. On our walk, we were passed by several cars! A little bit unnerving!

It was well worth getting up early for this view.

Back to the camp for coffee and tea, kindly served by the "tea boy" who had been quite the dancer the night before! I still have a hard time getting used to being able to have couches and comfy chairs and tables which are left outside. The roof is not for the risk of rain, but for shade! So we got our plates of delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs with spices, some kind of sweet noodle with fool (mashed up beans) on top, juices, muffins etc. and bought them back to our comfy chairs to sit on. Then back into the cars again for a more direct route back to our awaiting cars. Sad to think that this will likely be our last trip to the sand dunes.