CAMPING AT FUWRAIT

Camp at Fuwrait


Erin & Friend on the Beach




Sea
Turtle





Actually the Sea Turtle picture is from Andy's scuba dive on Friday off the Qatar coast. He was apparently a friendly guy (gal?) - Andy got several shots of him.
We went camping with the Boy Scouts at Fuwrait, on Qatar's NE coast, Saturday - Sunday (the kids have a 4 day weekend from school). The beach at Fuwrait, as you can see, is rocky. We had nice weather - in the high 70's and sunny. The kids had fun playing on the beach and working on Scout skills. The adults had great food (there seems to be a competition for best cook!)) - Jambalaya and Shrimp! I don't eat that good at home. The kids cooked for themselves and had a lower class of food (I saw spaghetti, tacos and hot dogs).
Fuwrait is very close to Ras Laffan Industrial City - with Qatar's Liquified Natural Gas Plant. There is a very large (200 feet in the air!) flare dominating the coastline, and especially the night sky. One of the Boy Scout Dad's, who is in the oil business, told me that the natural gas is drilled about 40 miles offshore, then piped to the Ras Laffan plant.There it is liquified and shipped out in tankers. This is all fairly new, and the plant is not able to handle the amount of gas that comes in. So, they flare off the excess for now. Seems like a terrible waste!
Other than Ras Laffan there isn't much in this part of Qatar.