In a place where the beaches are all new, the sea is 'new', the water is crystal clear; people who frequent the beaches seem to think that it's fine to throw all manner of stuff on the beach, even bin bags full of rubbish! It's a sad thing to see, when it seems such a precious balance between all this crazy development and the aquamarine water of the (Indian?) Ocean?
Apparently we've also heard that when you dive the tip of the peninsula there is sometimes oil in or on the beautiful water, due to : Oil tankers in the gulf, washing out the remnants of their hulls into the sea... NICE! F****rs. We look forward to that one.... (we are going to dive the Musandam over Christmas)
In some way over here, especially at the Marina JBR beach, it's just like East Coast Australia (i.e. Surfers' Paradise. Perfectly OK beaches with enormous ugly skyscrapers behind blocking out some sun, and no character at all.
When you look closely at the sand to see what's in it, you find small lumps of concrete from construction work, some reasonably large shells, some fag butts and that's about it. The sand IS white-ish and soft, and the sea IS warm and clear (for the moment). It's all like it a scene from that Arnie film where he pays for a virtual holiday..
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