Camel Anyone?
Erin with Falcon & Handler
My Falcon Friend
Petting the Cheetah
Interesting day at the Qatar Armed Forces Beach House! It was a cold day with a bit of drizzle, but we still had a great time holding falcons, riding camels, playing with the cheetah, using the wave runners, drinking tea in the bedouin tent, and playing on the beach. There was also a 2 hour fishing trip - which we declined. If the weather had been warmer there was a pool and, of course, the ocean. Topped off the afternoon with a banquet featuring roast camel (a delicacy, tastes like lamb), goat (tastes like lamb) and lamb (tastes like goat and camel). I was a bit wary of the cheetah. It's just a baby girl (9 months old), and very tame, but still a strong, wild animal. It didn't hurt anybody - though did playfully jump on a few people! It liked to play with that soccer ball and I have a great video of Grant playing soccer with it that I will have to figure out how to post. The falcons are used for hunting desert hare and small deer. They keep them hooded so they will remain calm. I held one that could see, though, and she was fine (the females are used for hunting -they are larger than the males). They have very long talons. Grant and Andy had a great time playing with the waverunners. They also had ATV's for desert driving, but it was so muddy that we passed on that.
Ate way too much good food. They had pizza and other snacks, fresh crepes, a wonderful cappucino machine - that was before dinner!
6 comments:
Wow! Sounds like fun! You guys will be bored when you get back to the States! You'll miss all these exotic adventures.
But we look forward to exotic adventures such as:
Going to the store and buying wine, chocolate chips, taco shells, beer, graham crackers, Cheerios, pork chops, bacon, etc;
Not fearing for our lives on the road;
Customer service - no such thing here;
Getting a car fixed (8 days in the shop now!)
What don't you like REALLY BIG pussy-cats?
Oh sometimes. This big kitty did have a nice purr. It was funny, when they first brought it out of the cage the falcons were sitting within range of its leash - it went right for the birds! The handler managed to get it away before a feather was harmed.
Yup! Sounds like a typical cat!!!
Too cool!!
...though, I'd have gone fishing :)
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