Thursday, December 15, 2011

All I want for Christmas...

is three weeks off.

Wow. I've made it past the four month mark! And it's finally the holiday - three weeks of time to myself, time to relax and recuperate after a very intense fall. We all deserve a holiday, don't we?

While I would love to go home and reconnect with friends and family, it's just not possible at this time. So I have decided to embrace one of the benefits of being in this part of the world and that is the proximity to many interesting countries. I decided that mountains are what I needed and well, what better place to find some mountains than Nepal? So here I go again!

The past few months have flown by in a sandy, desert breeze. I have encountered many interesting people, made new friends, tried new food, listened to new stories, learned parts of a new language, tried new clothing, and figured out how to live in the desert.

Here are some photos from the past little while.

Oman - the old fort town of Nizwa


Oman - Nizwa

Oman - Nizwa

Me in the abaya and sheila

Merry Christmas from Abu Dhabi, everyone!