Journey to the end of Qatar

Went for a day of exploration with the guy I met in the Irish Bar. We drove to the northern tip of the country at Al Ruwais, which boasts nothing but a fishing dock and a customs post, then left the road and followed the East coast as closely as possible heading South.


I loved the bleak barren landscape of flat rocky desert. The sea gleamed turquoise in the sun beyond the abandoned villages we came across here and there. We drove up onto what is probably Qatar's highest point - at least 10m above sea level - and looked down into clear water, seaweed and plastic bags.

We met camels sauntering across the desert, swam again at sandy beaches, lazed in the sun and generally had a great day out. In the evening, dinner in Doha's old souk. It felt so good to be outside, seeing something beyond Doha, being back in the real world.