Author: James MacDonald
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Desert Dwelling
It is always fun to see camels meandering along the road. This may be because they are still so foreign looking to us. Seeing a moose or bear in Canada was always novel (just because the experience is relatively rare) but a horse or cow is simply part of the landscape. Camels are ultimately a…
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Staycation
I’m not sure when my last post was… likely nearly a month ago. This is a sure sign of the normality life has taken on here. I believe we are all doing very well. Kirsten had a real bout of serious homesickness last Friday but she seems to have rallied very well. There are some…
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Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain…
This entry is a bit delayed from my usual schedule of posts. I say usual like I’ve been doing this for years but as it turns out today is the 3 month mark. This means I’ve passed my probationary period! Hurray! I was never really worried and so its more of a milestone than anything…
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UAE National Day
Happy Birthday to the United Arab Emirates – affectionately known as the UAE. The UAE is a federation of emirates or small kingdoms each headed by their own Emir (a hereditary position like a king). The Emir of each emirate is an absolute monarch and the constitution that binds the seven emirates together really just…
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Settling In
Well for once this may be a short post. Less to say must mean that we really are beginning to settle in. Life has taken on a comfortable routine and we can look forward to predictable days. That sounds horrible but a little continuity can be good too. We have been enjoying the excellent fitness…
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Eastside
Thursday was the Islamic new year. So we got the day off. Shortly after the Oman trip I picked up a off-road map book of the UAE. Sadly it turns out that just about all the cool wadis are in Oman. I wasn’t relishing a long drive and crossing the border again so we just…
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Camping in Oman – Part 3
Well we are on to the last leg of this adventure. Our friends, it turns out, also wrote about the trip: the Andersons and the Palmers. I found it interesting to read about the same trip from another’s perspective. A big thank you to both the Palmers and the Andersons for such a wonderful time.…
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Camping in Oman – Part 2
The last post concluded with our first morning in Oman. Friday in the Middle East is the sabbath and so off we went to find the little branch of the church that meets in Muscat. It was about a 2 hour drive from our campsite on the beach outside of Tiwi. The branch meets in…
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Camping in Oman – Part 1
It has been a few days since we’ve posted. This is because we’ve been camping in Oman. Oman is the eastern most country on the Arabian Peninsula. With borrowed tents, sleeping bags and even a borrowed car we set out with two other families this Eid weekend. A special thanks to our friends the Palmers…
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Driving in the UAE
I was hopeful that when we moved here we would not need a car. While I think we could probably get away without one having a car does make life much easier in many ways. At the moment we are renting a Mitsubishi Lancer. I do not recommend it. It may just be this beat…
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