Saturday, January 7, 2012

Heavenly Hash

Hash is an event that takes place every Friday in which expats meet at a designated location in Saudi Arabia to meet in the desert and enjoy the natural environment.

This is a video taken by the fellow who drives the van out there every week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqgRJzFJnHQ

The area looks like the surface of Mars! We walk for a 5 km hike; there was a group of about 200 of us.


looking out over the escarpment from the top of a hill, highest elevation in the area

There are quite a few fossils in the area; I found a conch shell, from the time that this area was under the Arabian Sea (probably when the last ice age was receding?). It took about 90 minutes to complete. There was a barbecue after for people who brought their own meat. Temp was perfect: 22 C, light wind, no humidity.

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