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Middle East » Qatar » Mesaieed August 31st 2013

This weekend was to be a kind of "team building" weekend. Starting with brunch on Friday at the Grand Hyatt hotel. A bit more expensive than I'm used to in Dubai, but it was a very very nice hotel and the brunch itself was pretty good. The weird part was seeing a Fashion Show going on at the same time, which I guess they plan to do for the next few months. It was distracting and loud, but I guess some people liked it. I know some of the guys at my table reeeeally liked it. It was good seeing some of my coworkers and even colleagues from other countries who happened to be in town, discussing other things besides work, though work mostly came up anyway. I left after about two and a half glasses ... read more

Qatar Dune Bashing

Middle East » Qatar » Mesaieed July 4th 2013

My first quad drive

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Since our network has been down all week and our electric was out today for area maintenance, Indiana and I decided to rent quads and go dune bashing. Tony was supposed to go with us - in fact, it was his idea - but he wound up having to work. So, Indy and I headed down towards the Mesaieed area. I had tried to find dunes previously, but I guess I didn't go far enough south. We stopped at this pretty resort area, Sea Line Beach Resort, to get money - that would be a nice place to spend a day, FYI. Then we were able to rent quads for 150 riyals each for one hour - not too shabby. Note: it may be a bit more, but we figured on a weekday when everyone else ... read more

Dune Bashing

Middle East » Qatar » Mesaieed July 2nd 2011

Deflating the tires at the start

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We left the best of Qatar for our friend G..'s last weekend. We went dune bashing in the desert south west of Mesaieed, right near the Saudi Arabian border. It was amazing. Those drivers know their stuff, and it helps that they let most of the air out of the tires of the 4x4 before we set out. I think the pictures tell the whole story. Loads of fun, even if you're not an adrenaline junky.... read more

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Middle East » Qatar » Mesaieed May 30th 2011

Al Zubara fort

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Visited all the corners of Qatar with our German friend G... Zubara fort is to the north, Dukhan beach is the west, the singing sand dunes are in the east and Sealine beach is in the south. In between it's desert and that's where the Sheikh Faisal museum is located. The singing sand dunes are near the large American military base. We got there in the heat of the day, and the sand dunes were super hot. We found it hard to try and run up the dunes, as the hot sand got inside our footwear (We were not wearing boots). G.. even lost his sandals a little bit up, and was hopping up and down in his bare feet at the bottom while N.. and W.. went back up the dune to recover them. The ... read more

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