A Canadian lady I had meet at an exhibition on Saturday was really kind to invite me on a trip into the desert yesterday.
So, equipped with our cameras, she, her American husband, her Russian friend and I went to the Northeastern corner of Kuwait - close to Bubiyan Island and about as East as you are allowed to go.
(Map to the right: Bubiyan island is to the far Northeast - about an hour's drive from Kuwait City around the bay. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubiyan_Island)
(The bridge (closed to the public) to Bubiyan island)
Along the coast line there are mud flats, great for spotting mudskippers:
(The mud flats in Northeast Kuwait)
If you look closely you can see the eyes of a mudskipper in the middle foot print. You can click to enlarge the picture:
I had never seen a mudskipper before - it's an amphibious fish, which means that it acts like a fish in the water but it's able to come ashore and breathe like a 'land animal'. Talk about adapting to the environment! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudskipper)
(A mudskipper on its way home into the mud hole)
(The mudskipper up close - I almost got stuck in the mud but it was worth it :-))
(The late afternoon sun reflected in the ripples of mud)
(The mud slowly drying in the sun)
(Traces of life in the mud...)
Just a few minutes drive off the coast, the desert was full of early Spring flowers due to Winter rain:
(I don't know the name but these flowers come out of the sand - literally)
(Yellow Spring flowers amidst the desert sand)
(Dry roots sticking out of the sand)
(Flower coming out of the sand)
(Don't know the name of this one either but it definitely looks different than anything else I've seen)
(White desert flowers - almost like pearls on a string)
(The cycle of life - one is dead, one is blossoming and one is still waiting to blossom)
(More 'coming-out-of-the-sand' flowers)
(A ladybug covered in sand)
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