India_2015- Last Stop: Doha

The last stop on this India trip is Doha, Qatar. Well, this is where our plane takes a stop for 19 hours!!These are the benefits of taking Qatar Airways!

Once we landed at the airport, we got through security, rented a car, and checked out of the airport ASAP. The first wave of heat came seconds before you even walk out of the airport. It's crazyyyyy. The weather outside was so humid and so hot and so stuffy. During our stay in Qatar, the temperature was in the 90-100 plus humidity. So crazy hot. You can't stay out for five minutes without feeling suffocated. We asked around for places to visit, because we had the whole day to be a tourist and explore the city before catching the flight back home. First place we went was the mall. Haha, yea the mall. You start to be thankful for air condition after you've been in Doha heat. We refreshed ourselves there and ate breakfast. Then walked around the mall, discovered there was an ice skating rink, many expensive shops, lots of familiar restaurants, and a gondola ride. I took this while riding the gondola, and check out how nice the view is. Even the ceiling is painted to imitate the sky. I'm telling ya, Qatar has good money. 

But once you're outside of the mall, this is what your looking at for miles. Just a dry deserty bland land. So after getting settled in the mall, we actually arranged a sand dunes ride, AKA a desert safari. A desert safari is basically what it sounds like... a safari ride on the desert. 

The first stop for this safari was at the camels. We were allowed to ride camels for a few minutes, while the safari drivers  deflate their car tires.(It's important to deflate the tires so  the cars can drive smoothly on the sand)

I took this picture as I was riding the camel. Camels are super fun to ride, and this wasn't my first time. The way you shake and wobble around on the camel is so different from elephants, bulls, and horses. Especially when the camels start to run, phew what a ride. And make sure you hang on tight when it's standing up or sitting down, there's the potential to fall off. 

And then the car ride began. Desert safari is when you sit in a car, strapped down with only a seat-belt, and roll on the sand dunes. I don't just mean roll, I mean let physics take you for a ride....

Like this

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There were so many exhilarating drops, and so many crazy stunts. Look at this picture, we're on the top edge of the dune. I'm telling you, these safari drivers have skill. We were in the car having a great time, but at the same time so scared. It felt like you were on a legit rollercoaster, but 2x better. A car isn't strapped down to a rail like a rollercoaster, so it has the freedom to swerve, turn, etc. 

This was while going down a sand dune. The cars made it down the dune at a 60-70 degree angle. It was epic but what if we tumbled over, or got stuck in the sand, or even let the car have a breakdown. 

I think this would be a great Chevrolet model picture right? The car doors open, the sand, the water, and a special feature. The land mass you see on the horizon is actually Saudi Arabia. So while we were standing on the border of Qatar, you get a beautiful view of Saudi Arabia. 

I know this looks photoshopped, but I needed to emphasize how vibrant the color of the water really was in real life. I just couldn't capture the color in the picture though...

 So during the desert safari, we had a few stops to take pictures and take a breather outside. We took a stop right next to the beach, and it was a great spot to take a few pictures. 

This was a super quick picture I took. A quick glance to the mirror and then a snap of the mirror. I remember it was a little weird because the sun from the reflection hit the camera lens too. 

These cars are amazing. I was seriously considering to make an advertisement for these cars. Like look how sheek it looks on the sand. Ah and I took this in our car, while moving at 60mph. Isn't that a little too fast for sand?

Yea the sunset in the desert. Not a cloud nor a human for miles. This was the last stop we took to take pictures of sunset. Plus, this was at the top of a sand dune, so we were able to look at the desert for miles and miles. 

After the sand safari, we went back to the mall, and we were so dirty. There was sand all over our clothes and hair and shoes (from walking out into the sand during our stops). We cleaned ourselves in the mall, and then had dinner. The last place we we saw before our flight back to America. Then, back to the airport, and vrooom off to the USA!

THE END! Thank you all for keeping up with this trip's pictures. Keep a lookout for more posts!