Qalansiyah

After breakfast, we hit the road.  We made a stop at Omar’s house for tea.  Marie and Kristina went outside to chat with some of the local girls.

En route to Qalansiyah in the west, we passed a lot of Dragon Blood trees.  The route then took us via a wadi and an oasis.

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Arriving in Qalansiyah was exciting.  Lots of flat white sand with the turqouise sea beyond.

With the low tide, we had to walk a long way through a lagoon of trapped shallow water before we could get anywhere swimmable.  But it was so beautiful, how could anyone not enjoy it.  We saw lots of crabs and a yellow-and-black ray.

For a change, our tents were set up for us here.  Instead of the usual double tents, we had four individual ones (capable of housing two people cosily).