They let me check in early, (thank you for the magnificent outcome) so I could have a bit of a sleep as I hadn't had any on the plane and I was booked in for a desert safari trip in the afternoon. Had a lovely snooze then headed out for a look around.
The first thing you see is of course the mosques. They are on nearly every street corner. There are some lovely parks beside some of them and I have been surprised how green it is. I asked our tour guide about it tonight as there is irrigation pipes everywhere and he said in town it is desalted seawater and recycled water used, and further out it comes from a bore deep in the ground. I made my way towards the sea which was only a few streets away, the busiest road of four lanes each way having a underpass for pedestrians which was a good idea. It was all beautifully done in mosaic. The walk along the Arabian sea is to a sea wall as it is all reclaimed land but there is a sand(beach) stretch further down that I could have walked too. There were tons of seats and lots of shelter with shade cloth which was nice. The sea was a beautiful colour. I found a small market with the most beautiful mosiac glass lanterns (thank goodness there was no room for them!!). It was pretty warm about 30 degrees but not really humid like at home. I managed to find my way back to the hotel and up the lifts (last photo) to get changed for tonight.
a row of black mercedes taxis at the airport
Capital Park
Capital Park
Flash marble hotel lifts
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