A day at the beach

We went to a little spot called Faurwit Beach(click to see), about 80km north of Doha. We went with two other families from the school. The water was clear and very salty. Water temperature was slightly above body temperature. I snorkeled and burnt my back nicely. Breana and Conor were happy because they were able to use their skim boards. Beatys have the young kids and they live next door to us. David is head of Tech at the school His wife Libby has been great, she has dropped off many baked goods our way. DK is the guy with the beard, he teaches computers at the school. His wife works in the library. here are some photos (double click on the photo to blow them up)

The drive took an hour. The road was good, but there is construction every where, half built overpasses, mounds of dirt and rock as far as the eye can see. You really get the sense around here that the country is booming, I was thinking to myself that this is what North America must have been like just after the second world war or maybe Dubai 20 years ago. There's a running joke that the construction crane is Qatar's national bird, because they are everywhere...

Cool building eh? That is real! I'm pretty sure they did it on purpose.

Meanwhile, back at the beach, we were getting to leave we notice our AC was not blowing in the front of the vehicle. It was blowing fine in the back. Fortunately it kicked in. The idea of driving back with the windows down and 42C was less than appealing. It was kind of scary in this heat