The drive wasn't too bad, as Qatar isn't very big. Once we arrived, we paid a small fee (10 QR) to the "gatekeeper," who was a very interesting looking fellow.
The fort was built in 1938 on the ruins of a castle. Being right on the coast, it was a great location to protect the country, especially against strained relations at the time with neighboring Bahrain. In the 80s the Coast Guard used this as a post as well.
Leoni checking out the cannon
My mom & me
Keeping watch
Travis ascending a ladder to one of the towers
Lindsay
Nor helping Leoni try to join us
The primitive air conditioning
Wind from the Gulf breezes comes through to keep thing cool
Travis & Leoni checking out some of the downstairs rooms where artifacts from the Al Zubarah archaeological dig are displayed
Since we were up north anyway, we decided to drive the last bit to Qatar's northern tip, Al Ruwais. We saw wild camels along the way.
Al Ruwais is pretty small but lots of fishing boats were docked there
It was low tide
Piles of fishing traps
You can kind of see how clear and blue these shallow waters are here
On our way home, we drove along the Corniche in Doha and stopped to take some pictures
