This first month has just flown past. It doesn't seem five minutes ago that I arrived all wide-eyed and innocent and now it feels like I've always been here.
Had my first real experience of driving the tank yesterday. As Friday is like Sunday used to be several decades ago there was virtually no traffic on the road and so an ideal time to practise with all the new 'issues' - driving on the right, in an automatic, in a bl**dy massive vehicle. All went well and we toured around the city, using the GPS to get us out of trouble, and saw a few places we hadn't come across before. Eventually ended up at Landmark shopping mall where, after a very nice lunch in a french bistro/cafe, I spent quite a bit of money on some new outfits at Marks & Spencers; can you believe it?
This morning we went, very early, to the family beach at Al Khor. We got there at about 09:00 and it was already very hot with almost nobody about. The beach was strewn with rubbish; left from the previous evenings goings-on. But a small army of workers appeared and in less that twenty minutes the place was habitable again - fantastic job by the lowly manual workers, shame on the lazy gits who left all the rubbish in the first place. We had arranged to meet some work colleagues at the beach but we saw them arrive just as we left due to me not having sufficient mobile numbers yet.
Then this afternoon I went fishing with a boat load of Canadians and it was excellent. We all piled into a 36' Magellan launch and blasted out to sea for an hour; we must have been a good few miles out but thankfully stopped before we hit Iran. The fishing was good and my two small rods were more than enough for the feisty little fish we caught - most of which I had never seen before. The trip lasted for just over four hours and included tackle and bait, and all for the princely sum of £25.
Made sure both this morning and during the fishing trip that I had plenty of sun screen on but still know that I been out most of the day due to a slight tingle of the skin maybe due to wind burn. Anyway can't complain as the UK is still in the grips of a cold spell and it doesn't do to gloat!
Cheers for now.....
Had my first real experience of driving the tank yesterday. As Friday is like Sunday used to be several decades ago there was virtually no traffic on the road and so an ideal time to practise with all the new 'issues' - driving on the right, in an automatic, in a bl**dy massive vehicle. All went well and we toured around the city, using the GPS to get us out of trouble, and saw a few places we hadn't come across before. Eventually ended up at Landmark shopping mall where, after a very nice lunch in a french bistro/cafe, I spent quite a bit of money on some new outfits at Marks & Spencers; can you believe it?
This morning we went, very early, to the family beach at Al Khor. We got there at about 09:00 and it was already very hot with almost nobody about. The beach was strewn with rubbish; left from the previous evenings goings-on. But a small army of workers appeared and in less that twenty minutes the place was habitable again - fantastic job by the lowly manual workers, shame on the lazy gits who left all the rubbish in the first place. We had arranged to meet some work colleagues at the beach but we saw them arrive just as we left due to me not having sufficient mobile numbers yet.
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| Found this shell at the beach this morning. |
Then this afternoon I went fishing with a boat load of Canadians and it was excellent. We all piled into a 36' Magellan launch and blasted out to sea for an hour; we must have been a good few miles out but thankfully stopped before we hit Iran. The fishing was good and my two small rods were more than enough for the feisty little fish we caught - most of which I had never seen before. The trip lasted for just over four hours and included tackle and bait, and all for the princely sum of £25.
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| "Where did you get that hat?" |
Made sure both this morning and during the fishing trip that I had plenty of sun screen on but still know that I been out most of the day due to a slight tingle of the skin maybe due to wind burn. Anyway can't complain as the UK is still in the grips of a cold spell and it doesn't do to gloat!
Cheers for now.....
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