Doha Days (6)

I've never been in a desert before. High Wycombe, where I spent my adolescent years, does not qualify, geomorphometrically, so it was a pleasure to take a jeep out of Doha a couple of weeks ago and see the sand:


Camels

I couldn't avoid the ghastly trap of paying 10 riyals to a Bedouin tout to hold his hunting falcon:

A bird in the hand

Well, that's Qatar for you: sand. And sea. And Doha. No rivers, lakes or mountains. Still, it has its charms; one of my students has promised to take me out for some falconry. If he passes his exams. Any suggestion that I will now pay him extra attention in class will be vigorously rebutted...

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Rarareen said…
...and you have a way with the birds. Looking swell.
7 March 2011 at 12:12
Simon M Hunter said…
Thanks dear, more on birds tomorrow...
7 March 2011 at 15:52
Anonymous said…
Are you kidding? I would have paid to hold a falcon, too. Is 10 riyals a lot of money? Something about falcons is really cool! :p
8 March 2011 at 01:27
Simon M Hunter said…
About $3. Yes, they are quite magnificent close up.
8 March 2011 at 02:41
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