No school today (it’s our Saturday) but we had to go there
to supervise students writing entrance exams. That ran from 9:30 to 11:00. I
got a ride part way home and stopped off to pick up my photos, which I need for
my resident card and for a lot of other things, so they say. I walked home from
there and it’s about a 3 km hike. Was able to find my way back and got a little
sunburn in the process. I know now why there is so much foot washing in the
bible. Sandals are worn all the time and
the place is so dusty, your feet are always quite dirty after any walk about.
There is sand everywhere. There is some vegetation, thorny bushes and dry
looking grasses, haven’t seen any cactus at all. The wadis (dry stream beds)
have a lot of trees growing around them because when it rains they are like
rivers. There are palm trees and I think they are date palms. The mountains are
very dry looking without much visible plant life.
Living here is something like working with computers, always
problem solving. Nothing is the same as at home and we always have to figure
out how to do it things a different way.
Lots of construction going on, most of the workers are Indian, Philippine,Malaysian or in that area. It appears they do most of the manual labor, and domestic and shop jobs as well.
Looking North from Apartment
