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| The first thing I see when I get to Saudi Arabia |
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| our housing complex |
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| my lovely new room (somebody else's clothes were still left in the closet naturally) |
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| Main room |
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| panorama attempt for our complex |
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| Our classroom in Abu Dhabi |
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| the SLB hotel there (fantastic except for the lack of shampoo and soap) |
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| just around the complex |
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| Valeriy and Nourhan at the Shangri-La, with Sheikh Zayed Mosque in the background |
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| Valeriy desperately wanting to go swimming |
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| Sheikh Zayed Mosque - 8th largest mosque in the world |
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| Sampling the local shisha (hookah) |
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| my lovely room at MLC |
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| every toilet in the Gulf comes with a hand hose basically as a bidet (couldnt figure out how to rotate the photo) |
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| at the Marina Mall, plenty of fast food |
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| Don't hassle me, I'm local |
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| yeah |
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| Their selection made Somerset look like crap |
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| Thank god we found some beer at the Meridien hotel |
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| both headed for hell in Al Khobar |
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| pretty international |
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| Iran and US on good terms |
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| Oman and Russia |
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| US and Norway |
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| I think we liked each other |
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| Maryam is going to Oman, where I was supposed to go :( |
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| Striking an Iraqi-US peace deal |
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| yup, thats a camel. No it's not eating that child's arm |
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| Even more pizza. I swear we ate the local stuff too. |
I'm reading this in the library and I laughed out loud at this post and your previous one. I love it! I'm jealous that you get to have such amazing and unique experiences. I'll be stalking your blog for your next update!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that my meager rants are interrupting your expensive college education
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