Rain in Qatar

It was a real downpour.
Last weekend a group of us decided we would head 'up north' to spend the day picnicing, swimming and fishing. We woke up to dark clouds and light rain but thought we would go anyway - it doesn't usually rain in Qatar for long - wrong! We drove in convoy up to Zekreet, which will be the main highway to Bahrain in the future. They will be building a massive bridge to join the two

countries (at present it is under construction - in parts it has 4 lanes). It rained on and off for most of the day - but we did mange to set up our picnic and eat, it did get quite cold though. We were all in raincoats and had pasminas or towels wrapped around us for warmth - hard to believe. Ever optimistic and always keen to throw a rod in the water Brian went fishing for a short time.

The drainage system here is not used to rain hence the puddle - the round abouts were fun! - Brian used them as an excuse to clean the car of wet sandy mud after our off road excursion into the desert. This photo is outside our apartment - usually a dry dusty road.