The social network is slowly starting to expand which is presenting more opportunities to do stuff other than sit in my air conditioned flat.
This morning a small group of us went out to the desert for a spot of quad biking. It was all arranged by Christian, a young Danish guy who works in IT. We met at his Queen's birthday event at the Danish Embassy. Also along for the trip was Edmund, and English chap who works at BAE doing similar work to me. A couple of French guys from Eid Compound came as well as a few other Danish guys who had their own bikes.
We set off at about 7.30am to beat the heat (it's regularly topping 45̊ degrees C during the day now) and headed about 1/2 hour out of town. We pulled up at the camp where we hired the bikes. A couple of arabs live on the site with all mod cons... a bed, a generator, satellite TV and a tent.
The price was negotiated and we were let loose on the bikes with no basic training or helmets. One of the French guys got on, fired it up and promtly hit another parked big, giving himself a nice bruise and mild concussion. So that's one down before we get started.
The guys with their own bikes took off on thier own and the four of us on the rentals set off up the first dune we saw.
At first the sand was dotted with small shrubs...
For the rest of the pics from the day click here.
This morning a small group of us went out to the desert for a spot of quad biking. It was all arranged by Christian, a young Danish guy who works in IT. We met at his Queen's birthday event at the Danish Embassy. Also along for the trip was Edmund, and English chap who works at BAE doing similar work to me. A couple of French guys from Eid Compound came as well as a few other Danish guys who had their own bikes.
We set off at about 7.30am to beat the heat (it's regularly topping 45̊ degrees C during the day now) and headed about 1/2 hour out of town. We pulled up at the camp where we hired the bikes. A couple of arabs live on the site with all mod cons... a bed, a generator, satellite TV and a tent.
The price was negotiated and we were let loose on the bikes with no basic training or helmets. One of the French guys got on, fired it up and promtly hit another parked big, giving himself a nice bruise and mild concussion. So that's one down before we get started.
The guys with their own bikes took off on thier own and the four of us on the rentals set off up the first dune we saw.
At first the sand was dotted with small shrubs...
Which as it turns out, is perfect for grazing camels.
For the rest of the pics from the day click here.
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