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January 28, 2005

Groundhog Day

Why Groundhog Day as a title? Well, I've discovered in my short time here on the Kitty City, that the longer I'm at sea, the more things are the same, day to day. We've been out at sea only 3...

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Posted by Melody on January 28, 2005 10:46 PM
Category: Rants and Ramblings

January 27, 2005

Oman - Markets and Meanderings

Today, we got up and took a look at our surroundings...having arrived late at night, we weren't quite sure what the neighborhood around us looked like. Fortunately, our room had a decent view of the homes immediately around us,...

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Posted by djf on January 27, 2005 08:04 PM
Category: Other Travels...

January 22, 2005

Oman - We're not in Saudi Arabia anymore, Toto!

I'm sitting here in the Cyberpoint internet cafe in Muscat right now. Technically, I guess, it's really Ruwi, the "Little India" section of town, as described by Lonely Planet, but whatever it is, we're here. The booths around me are...

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Posted by djf on January 22, 2005 06:11 PM
Category: Other Travels...

January 19, 2005

Oh man! We're going where?

With the end of Hajj rapidly approaching, we needed to find someplace to go to get out of Riyadh. Like after Ramadan, we've got about a week off. Unlike after Ramadan, we have an increased threat level, and we're not...

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Posted by djf on January 19, 2005 06:25 PM
Category: Other Travels...

This Just In...

It's been a while since I've posted any strange news from the Magical Kingdom, and when I saw this, it seemed like something that needed to be shared. Ananova: Saudi divorces wife at airport A Saudi man divorced his wife...

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Posted by djf on January 19, 2005 06:07 PM
Category: News and Other Scary Stuff

January 17, 2005

The Call to Prayer

Depending on where you live, one of the neatest things about living in an Islamic country is the exotic sound of the call to prayer five times per day. I say "depending on where you live", because, if you live...

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Posted by djf on January 17, 2005 09:26 PM
Category: The Magical Kingdom

Not much going on right now...

It's been sort of slow lately, with Christmas holidays, and now Hajj going on. Therefore, it's been hard to keep the word count up (as Erik Trinidad of my favorite BootsnAll blog, The Global Trip 2004 (http://blogs.bootsnall.com/theglobaltrip/) might say...I highly...

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Posted by djf on January 17, 2005 08:43 PM
Category: The Magical Kingdom

January 12, 2005

Pictures of Polynesia

I'm long overdue to post some pictures of our Tahiti trip, so here they are...I'll post them in several different entries, so they're not too long individually, and so you'll keep checking back. We had an incredible time, and would...

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Posted by djf on January 12, 2005 10:51 PM
Category: Picture Postings

Is that a snake in your pocket? Or, Sis, if you're reading this, you might want to skip this entry...

So the other day, we were helping with a command post exercise, and there was a Saudi kid who was attracting a bit of attention from his compadres outside. Someone came in and said, "He's got poisonous snakes in...

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Posted by djf on January 12, 2005 09:05 PM
Category: The Magical Kingdom

January 05, 2005

This just in...BBC reports Tribe shoots arrows at aid flight

Tribe shoots arrows at aid flight By Jonathan Charles BBC News, Andaman Islands The island group is home to a number of tribal peoples An Indian helicopter dropping food and water over the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been...

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Posted by djf on January 5, 2005 10:20 AM
Category: News and Other Scary Stuff
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