Archive for May, 2007

Finally…. Some shade!

May 27, 2007
Today was very hot indeed. Clear skies and the unforgiving sun gave us temperatures well into the high forties! These guys were working until about 10 minutes before this photo was taken. They were resting on a roundabout under the shade of the trees (yes it makes a hell of a difference – excuse the pun).
The reason I am posting this particular photo is because I realised that I’ve been looking at the progress of the buildings and houses but not at the people achieving these fantastic results.

Today is a truning point for this blog – I will focus on the builders as well as the town, and will bring you some of their stories if they allow me to share them.

Until next time…

Header Photo

May 19, 2007
In case you thought it’s only new houses on a desert…
It’s been a while since I took any photos of the developments in Mangaf… But this was taken from Al-Kout Mall in Fahaheel (the town next door) and it shows all the residential buildings by the sea.

The new part of Mangaf is all houses and schools but this should provide you with a different perspective. The buildings closer (on the left of the photo) come under Fahaheel but the ones in the distance are Mangaf-by-Sea.