Long trip to the beach...
Most days we take the dogs for an early morning run on one of the beaches. Today Heidi decided that we would go to the beach across the road. Now that is easier said than done.
To get to the beach across the road one has to get into the car and its about a 10km round trip. I kid you not!
We emerged from the complex onto the very busy road and drove for about 3km until we came to an off ramp which took us back in the opposite direction. Then we hived off onto a very rough dirt road , obviously only used by construction workers (I think they must be doubling up the size of the already wide and busy road) . Escaping from the madding crowd we parked the car then clambered over rocks down to the mangrove beach. Plenty of mangroves, a beach covered with shells and the only other sign of human habitation was a Pakistani couple who were digging for shellfish. We walked along, parallel to the nearby crazy early morning rush of traffic and were hardly aware of it. The dogs scampered in the warm water, we searched for shells and looked for birds (saw a heron and a couple of flamingos) and just ambled along, When we passed the Pakistani couple on our way back they had settled down on a blanket amongst the mangroves and called out to offer us tea. In retrospect, I’m rather sorry that we did not accept. Sorry, no photos - my battery died as I managed (after a great deal of work) to get everyone lined up for the picture.
By the way, Darrell and boys arrived home safely last night. By all accounts they had a wonderful trip and Heidi and Steph must definitely go with them next year (they had to give this year a miss as we couldn‘t get visas. )
Tomorrow we are off to Dubai for the day.
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