So it has now been two months....hard to believe. I have experienced so much and so much more to do. All I concerned about now is time and money...more the latter then the first, wish it did not cost so much to see all these amazing things to see. well good things come to those who wait...I can wait a bit. Anyway enough of the philosophy.
In the last few weeks I have experiences some amazing things. I have been on a road trip to sleep on a beach in Dibba, Oman. it was a great time, we drove out there almost by ourselves on the road. There were 5 cars that went and we had a blast leaving Dubai and driving into Oman. there are shops and markets on the side of road all the way there. They are selling anything from fruit, ceramics, water, blow up pool toys just to name a few things most of the shops around here, well the smaller ones all sell some of the weirdest stuff. It took about an hour and half to get there and it was an amazing sight to see, we pulled up to the beach, Joe (he had the only 4x4) let some air out of his tires and we packed all our camping gear in it and drove out on the beach and found a spot to set up camp. it was surreal, the fishermen were pulling nets onto the beach with huge 4x4s and we were sitting there having a beer watching them do their work. we spent the night and had a late night dip in the arabian ocean the phosphorescences in the water glowed when you moved to fast in the water. it was a very cool thing to see. 6am came very fast when it is 36 degrees in the tent after a beer or two, so we got up and had another dip in the ocean and packed up camp and came back to Dubai (it would have been way to hot to have stayed there the rest of the day.) (pictures are posted on the picasa site i have too...)
a few days later we went dune buggying in the desert. it was amazing, Dad well everyone would love to do this, it was a riot they even had big suspension so it was a very smooth ride out there. it was a 90 min ride and would have loved to have done another right after. it was crazy and a lot of fun.
I got a phone call from the local rugby Union and was asked i would be willing to go to Damascus, Syria to ref some rugby out there. I could not refuse a free trip so off i went a flew to Syria for a few days to hang out and ref some rugby. Beirut, Alexandria and Jordan were all the teams that came to the tournament and it was an amazing time. The old city is hard to explain it is super old. (1200yrs) and beautiful. there are markets everywhere that you can buy things very very cheap. I got a few Syrian things that i really liked, a rug and a very detailed and both hand made box. it was an amazing experience. I will post all of the pictures. if anyone has a chance to go to Syria i strongly recommend it. the people are very very nice, humble and giving. there was not a time where i did not feel completely safe, well in traffic I did not feel safe but as my friend Mohammad said to me inshalla.... (god willing) no one gets hurt.
I am really happy I have done this, I do miss everyone but this is experience that i could never have gotten by going on a few holidays here and there.
School is really good. we are now back from Eid, which is the fall break after Ramadan. The kids and teachers both needed it and it sure helps these students focus now till x-mas, so i am told. but find a student in grade 2 and 3 that stays focused for more then 2 min at a time and you will find a student who is older then their years. I still love the school but there are a few issues that would need to be rectified, but again this all comes in time and I have to realize that. I just want to put out a good product to the kids and myself.
well if you are still reading I do appreciate it. I will try to make an effort to do more blogging so that they do not get this long, there is a ton of information I left out about the trips i took, if you want to know more e-mail me and I would be happy to let you know more about the places I have been so far!!
well I will leave with the fact I booked my flight to Sri Lanka for Christmas....it will be amazing to do....and forsure will let everyone know all about it.
thanks for the e-mails everyone, keep them coming I do want to know what is going on back in Canada.
Cheers.
Curtis in Dubai!
