On October 26th, SFS-Q hosted a group of newbies on a trip to the Inland Sea, which lies on the border of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. We traveled by road for the first 45 minutes or so, and then we all had to get out of the 4x4s so that the drivers could let some air out of the tires--the rest of the trip was over the sand dunes! Because of Georgetown's insurance, we were taken on a more "sedate" route, but there were a couple of times, coming over REALLY steep dunes, REALLY fast, and driving along the sides of them, that I was convinced we'd flip over! It was a real adrenaline rush.
Once we got to the Inland Sea, we had a few hours to splash around and enjoy the gorgeous weather and scenery. It was incredibly peaceful, watching the sun go down and feeling the cool (?) breeze ("cool" here is all relative--I think it was about 95 degrees that day). The only thing that broke my peaceful, meditative mood was another little adrenaline rush--as I was wading in ankle-deep water, I came close to a big stingray who had been camouflaged and resting. We gave each other quite a scare!
Here is a pic of me with Rabia (a fab TA from the Arabic Department) with Saudi Arabia in the background:
That night, it was back through the dunes to a Bedouin-style tent, where we had a barbecue, smoked shisha (flavored tobacco out of a big water pipe), and played volleyball. I even rode a camel!
One of the best days we've had in Qatar, and one we're looking forward to repeating as soon as people come to visit.
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