Excellent day. I was up at 5:00 this morning, did my usual morning
stuff and then hit the almost deserted road. I drove the route to school three
times just make sure I would have it memorized for Saturday morning the first day
of our school week. Then I filled up my empty tank with gas, 3.500 OMR (about
$9.12) took a drive out the Expressway and found my way back home. I stopped in
at Costa coffee in the Al Shati Mall to meet with a bunch of Canadians. Of
course we found mutual acquaintances, Andre Morrison knew Cherryl Morris, (Joe
and Mary’s daughter), in Labrador city and my cousin Dino in PEI as well. Got a
lot of info on how and where to get my iPhone unlocked (I’m presently in iPhone
withdrawal) and lots of other helpful info. They meet every Friday morning for
coffee.
In the afternoon 7 of us went to a restaurant caller Le Mer which
has an amazing afternoon buffet at a reasonable price. It is right on the beach
and we were watching the boats, helicopters, birds and oil tankers cruise past
in the Gulf of Oman. The food was awesome, many Indian dishes and Omani food which
is almost anything. They have been crisscrossed by so many people over the
years that their food is very international. We were there about 3 hours and it
was relaxing afternoon. There were 2 Scots, 2 Australians, 1 Indian, 1 American
and myself. The teaching staff is very multicultural, heavy on South Africans,
the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Everyone is talking about what to do on the break, which
starts the 5th of April. Lots of things to do, I want to go camping,
go to the beach and ride a camel, perhaps a camping trip by camel.
There she is.
You can just barely see the big tanker in the dusty haze.
