Monthly Archives: April 2011

I have spent all day today at home, waiting for the internet repair person to call and say he was coming with a new router. Well, actually, I was gone for 10 minutes to the store for milk and some … Continue reading →

The other night we weren’t very hungry, so we went out to the Civil Aviation Club for a beer and spring rolls. After almost 4 years in Kuwait, it is still a novelty to actually be able to go out … Continue reading →

It was not a good morning for octopi………… I found two of them with their shells on the beach this morning. It was the hottest walk I’ve ever taken on the beach.. I couldn’t believe that there was no cooling … Continue reading →

Monday night we attended a benefit concert and auction for Japan.  It was held at one of the big hotels here, the Intercontinental.   I heard that they planned to set out 600 chairs… when we arrived, the concert was almost … Continue reading →

A paper nautilus shell, that is. Yesterday morning, Snoopy and I went again to the beach for our walk. It was a lovely day; a bit cloudy with a light sea breeze. Not to many people there either. The tide … Continue reading →

I’ve been to Wadi Bani Khalid three times.  The first was in the spring of 2006.  David and I spent a week in Oman, and had driven down to Ras Al Jinz to turtle watch.  On the way back to … Continue reading →

What a lucky person I am to be living here!  Snoopy and I finally went for a walk on the beach again… it was so good to be by the water and the ocean breezes. The humidity is up now, … Continue reading →

About 50 km south-east of Sur, is the Ras al Jinz nature reserve.  It is a nice drive, past blue, blue ocean and interesting mountains, and also an acacia forest, with trees about 100 meters apart! The reserve was established … Continue reading →