Desert Roses

We took a trip out to the desert to dig for desert roses. These are mineral crystals that form under the sand in the desert. Our digging was a great success - we returned home with a few large and several small roses.


The digging was hard work...


... but fun, nonetheless.

The large slabs of the crystals forced some of us to use all body weight:


The final step = refilling the hole we dug up:


On the way to the area with the desert roses, we stopped at a cave. It was fun climbing all the way down and back again. The cave walls had some interesting crystal formations.


And that's a fun-filled day during the wintertime in Qatar!