Along the highway we past camels which was nice… I was thinking this was the first time we had seen any in the wild, but latter it occurred to me that it was more than likely a “camel farm” if there is such a thing (which I am guessing there is). Still was nice to see them wandering along the side of the road going about their camel business. With the high fences and camel grids on the side roads there isn’t really any chance of them venturing onto the road, but I have read of cars hitting them and doing much damage to both car and camel… just don’t think this happens on the highways, unless they manage to jump off the back of a ute… I don’t think they are that eager to get off when they are going for a ride though… they look like they enjoy it too much!
OK... so only one camel, but with them wandering one way and us driving the other it was the only one that made a photo!
Anyway really don’t have anything nice to say about Al Khor so best not say anything at all beyond the fact they do have a little Al Corniche and a bit of a beach with a park, but with a lot of road works going on there, you really don’t get to see much of it at the moment.
We decided to head back to Doha via any exit that went back out to the coast… we ended up in a seaside village called Simaismah, a very small little community. This place has a very flat tidal 
beach with sludgy muddy sand once you head off the first couple of metres of beach, and at one end there is a long rock wall with small fishing boats (not Dhows though, but rather small white boats). There were lots of shells to collect, and we returned home with yet another bag full as well as some broken tiles to put in the garden. Another nice afternoon wandering along with cool sea breezes blowing making us wish we had on warmer clothes!
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