Tag Archives: beach

No Wait for Kuwait

Caleb and I got Open Water Diver certified and the urge to do so every weekend now is strong. Caleb looked into Oman, where you can dive with four of the seven sea turtle species, but the timing wasn’t right. He’d go … Continue reading

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First Couchsurfer in Bahrain

Katrin requested to stay at my place, giving me a week’s notice, as her host in Doha suggested she stay with Melanie, whom I know, but who didn’t want to be bothered just two days before her skiing trip in … Continue reading

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Basil Bedouin Beach

I have coffee just to help me out of bed at 5:30a after going to bed after 1am. I was told last night that I could snorkel at 7a after breakfast. Reading an old review, the price was 50Dh an hour and … Continue reading

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To Aqaba, By Car, For Easter

I was woken up in the middle of the night again by snoring and moved to the smaller couch in the living room this time. I had to get back up to shut the bedroom door because Julie had spit … Continue reading

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An Appetite

I woke up hungry this morning and waited for the dogs to get up so I could walk them. Piggy was hungry too and told the chair on the other side of the table just as much. I was going … Continue reading

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