The Starry Nights at the Singing Sands Dunes was definitely one of my most favourite events that I have been to since arriving in Doha. It was such a simple event, but I just loved the location. It reminded me very much of the time spent climbing Dune 45 in South Africa...but this sand dune was much easier to climb!!
The start of the climb
Barefoot was the way to go
Zoe and Mummy
We just got there as the sun was setting but next time, we will avoid getting lost so that we can sit on top of the dune and watch the sun set.
Future visitors to Doha, this will be on my "must see" list
My happy little Zoe
Zoe and Riaz, her new best friend
Okay so the side of the sand dune doesn't look all that steep or all that tall but when you are standing at the bottom of it looking up, it is far more menacing. We went down it once and climbed, well more like clambered our way back to the top and then went down again, but we were too knackered to go back up again
The set up below. The tent with the colourful lights is Santa's Grotto where we patiently waited in line to see Santa, but once we made it there, Zoe just clung to me leg and refused to talk.
The paper lanterns surrounding the bonfire.
Zoe and her pretty pink camping chair.
Next year I'll invest in a tent and we will camp it our in the middle of the desert under the stars!! Anyone want to join?
The bonfire
Since Zoe wouldn't smile for me, I had to get her to pull faces instead
These camping chairs were so worth their riyals!!
Toasting marshmallows proved more difficult then expected. The heat from the bonfire was so extreme that we couldn't get close enough. We waited for it to die down a little and found a small flame towards the outside that we could use, but even then, it felt like we were toasting ourselves along with the marshmallow!!
The night trek up the side of the mountain again and bum sliding her was down again. Who needs bootcamp when you have the sand dunes to climb up!!
