Home for the Holidays

In a few short hours I will be headed to the airport and flying home for Christmas (14 hour flight)....A White Christmas (the DC area got about two feet of snow on Saturday)

The snow from my sister's back porch...



My mom's Christmas Tree...



I will spend New Year's in the Blue Ridge Mountains...and then I will return to Kuwait shortly after the New Year...and then head off to Qatar

Shooting Range

I went to the shooting range in Kuwait. It was my first time ever shooting a gun. It was pretty fun and I think I did pretty good for my first time...





I thought this activity was more popular here in Kuwait, mainly because it was a part of orientation week at AUK. But, as it turns out gun laws are apparently pretty strict and most people dont own any guns...of course, many people here think that all Americans are gun loving people...

Failaka Island

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Failaka Island

Gulf War Iraqi Tank Cemetery

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In the Desert at Sunset



Inside the Mosque next to Al Alam Palace in Muscat



Overlooking Wadi Bani Khalid



Me with the Bedouin Kids at the Desert Camp

OMAN - My GMU Day

At the top of Jabrin Castle built in the late 17th century



The Ruins at Tanouf



Inside the Nizwa Fort



On top of the Round Tower at Nizwa Fort

Oman Headwear

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The spectacular Desert in Oman (way better than in UAE)



Me about to jump off a cliff at the secluded Wadi Arabayeen



Me about to jump off an even bigger cliff at Wadi Bani Khalid



A boat trip around the local beach just outside of Muscat

Oman

MOUNTAINS!!!!!!!!! - although, they are lacking in the tree department, still stunning...



outside the Mausoleum Bibi Miriam



Oman Headwear - this style is very similar to the UAE style



Me being all GMU school spirit at the Nizwa Round Tower Fort built in the 17th century

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Everyone needs to vacation in Oman at least once in their lives! It is a wonderful place with beautiful scenery from the mountains, ocean, wadi, old ruins, desert, and the city...

The traditional Tent where i spent the night in the Desert



Me after I conquered a really tall sand dune in the desert in the dark!



Gorgeous White Sand Beach south of Muscat



Bimah Sinkhole