Ruwais

Picnic on the Beach

We drove along the coast down towards the Inland Sea.  The car was sort of slanted so I was so freaked out that we would go in the water accidentally!

tire tracks in the sand

It was a gorgeous day but still a bit chilly!  Waaay too cold for swimming.

the grill

Then we got stuck in the sand!  Oops!

Creatures of Dukhan Beach

We went to Dukhan Beach again.  I just love the shells here!

We also found some starfish!

And a little crab!

Fuwairit Beach

Finally made it to Fuwairit Beach which is really only accessible by 4x4 although there were a lot of brave little cars.  It was a really windy day, lucky for all the kite surfers.

This beach had a lot of coral all over the place.

The big Qatari sun loomed above us but the water was actually pretty cold and we were all shivering.  However, it was a great day at the beach and after the sun set we could see so many stars sparkling.

Al Ruwais

After the farm, we drove further north to Al Ruwais. On the way we saw some bird houses and more farms.

bird houses

a farm in the distance

We saw a lot of mangroves in Al Ruwais which had some small black crabs living in them.

It was very pretty here on the beach.

sea salt in the rocks

shells in the rocks

so many shells

Adventures in Qatar: Beach search

Al Ruwais

We drove north to Al Ruwais to look for another good beach. Looking on the map, it looks like Al Dhalouf Park is right on the beach. While it had some nice views, the beach was too swampy to lay out on. The park was lovely though with many flowers and nice landscaping.

Abu Dhalouf Park

Not quite the beach environment we were looking for, we decided to try another beach.  Fuwairit Beach looked promising on the map.  When we got to Fuwairit, the beach was inaccessible without a Landcruiser but we did stumble upon a sheep farm!

I never knew that sheep could be so loud with "baa"s!  After many photos of sheep, we drove north a bit to Al Gahriyah.  The beach was also swampy there.  So we continued back south to Al Khor.  We drove through Al Khor and then a bit south to the coast.  The beaches here were rocky but suitable for a picnic.  Running out of time and very hungry, we just decided to stop here.  It was actually very pretty and all the rocks were covered in snails!

many snails

There was also this cute, old house nearby.

View Beach south of Al Khor in a larger map