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January 28, 2005Groundhog DayWhy 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...Read this update January 27, 2005Oman - Markets and MeanderingsToday, 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,...Read this update January 22, 2005Oman - 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...Read this update January 19, 2005Oh 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...Read this update 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...Read this update January 17, 2005The Call to PrayerDepending 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...Read this update 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...Read this update January 12, 2005Pictures of PolynesiaI'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...Read this update 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...Read this update January 05, 2005This just in...BBC reports Tribe shoots arrows at aid flightTribe 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...Read this update |
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