Like salt in the sea, camels roam the desert. An unprecedented pandemic presented an unexpected opportunity. It’s allowed me to fully reengage my love of sport and cycle Qatar.
Continents
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The past week and a half has been a Vietnamese kaleidoscope that presented the best and worst of Halong Bay and what northern Vietnam has to offer.
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In the hustle and bustle of a spirited day in the Vatican, we strode up inconspicuously to the very friendly Eugenio. A grandstand of L’Espresso and Guerin Sportivo magazines surrounded him. Quickly glancing to his left and right, he handed over an unmarked envelope with two tickets inside. Two tickets to the Papal audience this day.
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The popular intercity hike through the five Cinque Terre towns was the activity of choice for the three Bissonnette girls, and being outnumbered, that is what this White boy had to do.
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“Silence is the perfectest herald of joy.” This Shakespeare quote sufficiently summarizes a single day at Addo Elephant Park and Schotia Lion Reserve?
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The Roman writer, Pliny the Elder, passed by Qatar and called the inhabitants Catharrei. I can only imagine he also recognized the cycling opportunity across this super flat and arid desert and would have called it Qatar Quest.
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The endless beige horizons contrasted dramatically against all the green gliding under the plane now. This contrast of colors surprised me. The family had just left Qatar less than 24 hours ago. Now an over saturation of color attacked the senses.
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Welcome back to the United States after the very real prospect of spending summer trapped in our house under the Middle Eastern sun proved to be too much after three and a half months dealing with the nuttiness of a pandemic.