Well...I've made it... eventually! The usual joys of long distance travel kicked in again, which included extensive security checks (all in a good cause of course ) and delayed flight. I did receive excellent help throughout. Jetlag hit hard overnight meaning I eventually surfaces at Noon today!
Familiarisation was the word today as Rob had to go to work in preparation for his Trial tomorrow. He kindly lent me his Jeep...
...which will come on VERY handy on the Desert terrain.
I spent a couple of Hours down at Al Quadra Lakes which is South of the City...
I've been on previous visits so I know where to go and eBird/Google maps helped even more.
There are lots of ornamental Birds here BUT genuine wild ones do turn up no doubt attracted by the water. A Wire-tailed Swallow had been reported but I never saw any Swallows of any description. Another potential Lifer reported here recently is Imperial Eagle. Maybe tomorrow?
The roads are...er...challenging to say the least. The junctions are different than on England but the Google Maps Sat Nav is invaluable. My main challenge today was finding his Flat again on my return!!!
Robert is late back tonight as a late issue has occurred regarding taking his car into Oman. Hopefully this can be sorted out soon?!
I'm hopefully returning to the Al Quadra area tomorrow for a full day...
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