Dunestock

We thought we would head off to Dunestock. Think Woodstock 40 years on underneath a sand dune in Qatar and you’ll get the drift. (excuse the pun) We headed off in the morning in the new upgraded Suzuki. Our original Liana had a noise in the back brake so our man gave us the 2.3l version with spoiler and mags. You notice the difference in getting out of roundabouts. We are due to swap to our Vitara soon so will be able to drive down the side of roads rather than on them like people do here to avoid queues.

So the plan was to head down to Sealine, a resort 40 minutes drive down the coast, spend the day there and then head off to Dunestock for the evening. By lunchtime in started to grow dark and very windy. You could look directly at the sun there was that much haze. It was a dust / sand storm quite like we hadn’t seen before. The thought of sitting on a blustery sand dune for the evening watching local musicians suddenly lost its appeal. Apparently 5000 people did go and were relatively well sheltered, making the event a huge success. We packed up about mid afternoon and I drove the team back to Doha. An experience in itself as piles of sand and dust blew across the road all the way back.