Eat and Drink

Delicious fresh juice drinks at the little resturant where Tim took us out to dinner in Dubai.

Look at #35. So does this mean the Bean is foul?

National Day Celebrations Nov 09

Us.






Dancers still dancing.





a sweet made with cardemom, it was like a crumble. I would love to put it on an apple bake.






A spicy chicken dish.













The old man in white had been sitting by the fire telling stories. They were happy for me to have my photo taken with them.







Sweet noodles.










circle donuts.







Some bling I bought in Qatar for a time such as this. I am wearing a headpiece, necklace, and hand thingo.






The dancers. Only men dance in public. I will try to upolad a video. They have a little head nod and a bounce that is mesmerizing. If you enlarge this photo you can see how they link arms. This contact helps them move as one.




The Police/army band that never made it to the Edinburgh Tattoo.






The cutest little fellow. He just wanted his mum's car keys, then he was happy.




He had the shoes, singlet and white trousers as well. Cute little button.

Doha Nov 09 in Pictures - Part 2

Lovely tradition, when the guest (female) leaves the hostess brings out an assortment of perfumes for the guest to use.

I had a most delicious brunch, this is my friend Asma at one end of the room.

Looking at the other end of the room. This is where we sat to eat.

Incense when I arrived, I learnt to wave the smoke towards myself and even hold it under my armpit so that the smoke permiates all your clothes.

The incense burner is on the floor and I had to hold out the top of my skirt and blouse so the smoke went all through my clothes. Or, maybe I just smelt really bad. My face is red because I never wore make up, during the day it would just slide off anyway.

Is that a Villa or Vella for rent??

My first trip on distribution, this is Asma with one of her regulars. He sits at the little shoe repair shop at the corner of the street. I forget his name, maybe Bersheer.

This shopping centre has a river, at the right of the photo. When we were there 2yrs ago this section wasn't completed.

Driving past one day I watched this fellow walk with his sledge hammer.

Cheeky Ola took this photo when I was emailing Matthew.

At the camel markets.

Ah, this was a huge camel, I was too frightened to walk closer to get a photo - he/she was huge. So I used digital zoom. :)

Camel markets.

Doha in Pictures Nov 09 - Part 1

Real shepherds. One would call the sheep and the others would walk behind. I have a video to upload. They herd them between the trucks.

At first I didn't want to look for fear the sheep was dead. But then I saw it wriggling, and I snapped the photo.

Asma is so funny, she finds Sudanese people everywhere. These are shepherds also.

Undercover, fruit and Vege markets.

Outdoors fruit and vege markets.

A beautiful home in Doha, and at night it is lit up.

3rd - As were were trying to get off the boat.

2nd - The empty chair there is because 1 fellow was afraid of his wife. :) For more detail of the stories and photos you will have to read my blog.

1st - climbing aboard wasn't as easy as you think. :p

I love this photo of Asma looking across to the Islamic museum.

In Brisbane, there would be a warning sign, in Qatar there is a man holding a flag out. I have even seen the same in the UAE.

Tarsina and Asma carrying a bag of rice to prepare for distribution. It must have weighed twice as Tarsina. I loved the way she called me Mamma Rhonda. Tarsina has the most beautiful smile and nothing was ever too much trouble.

Up to our elbows sorting onions for distribution. I loved being with Asma for distributions. Ever since I met Asma I have desired to travel with her on her distributions. At times she and Tarsina are so busy.

We went to visit Mohd at his work. The fellow walking towards me is also Mohammed. The other fellow doesn't speak english. Their office is decked out in very traditional tent like decor.

Coming into Mohd's work, he is walking out to greet us.

It has almost been a month since the fire and it is as it was left.

Near where we used to live we could walk to the curly mosque. These burnt out shops were just a few shops away from the curly mosque. A really busy area for people and traffic, it would have been a nightmare to get emergency vehicles and people to the site.

If you notice the awning of the station was wredked when an underground petrol storage tank exploded. There is a wall around the site now, but for a while Asma said you could just look in and see that it looked like a bomb had exploded.

This bus was parked at the station when the explosion occured.

Mohammed cooking his famous and most delicious kababs.

The blurb about the most expensive car I have ever seen. Over $1.5m Aus. Click on the photo to enlarge and read the other info. There were some very tall men from Ghana walking past and I asked one to take the photos.

Back view.

Looking inside.

Safely behind a wall of glass with security officers off to the side.

A girls day out, even if we did get lost. We ended up at the Intercon. There was a clown doing some face painting for the little ones. Ola and her friend had their hands done. Cute.

Zig-zag buildings. Almost completed. Still had the scaffolding 2yrs ago.

The girls. The door behind me is Asma's office where all the important stuff happens.

Dressed now to go and surprise Asma. Ola had to show me how to put everything on the right way. Mohd bought it especially for me. Good fit as well.

Hundreds and even thousands of cars are dumped at the airport by expats fleeing the country. They have got themselves into so much debt there, and with no treaty to bring them back.

On the way to Dubai. A new road under construction. It will be 7 lanes each side. You may not notice but the lighting goes all the way along the road. I love how it appears the road disappears into the desert.


Driving to Dubai. As we were approaching this truck. I snapped the photo thinking there may be a camel inside. It wasn't until I was looking at my photos on the computer, I saw all the men. If you click on the image to enlarge you will see some peeping through the back of the truck.

This is how one transports a camel.

Still on our way to Dubai - it is over 1hr 40mins from Al Ain, we came around a bend and noticed the police car. Just had time to snap a photo.

The landscape between Al Ain and Dubai. I love the rolling sand dunes. I never tire of the view. I do think it interesting how they have trees between the road and the desert.

Livestock transport.