The past two days were lovely and relaxing ones. The girls were up at 7am Christmas morning and delighted to find Santa had left their stockings full at the end of their beds. Opened those and got up for a breakfast with the gang before opening the remaining gifts under the tree. In the afternoon we drove to nearby Qurm beach for a walk. There were many local families out enjoying the sunny day and we spent a good hour "shelling" there before heading home. The number of sea shells along this shoreline was phenomenal. Tons of tiny little pink shells as well as numerous others. We ended up filling a bucket. Christmas dinner was delicious - wonderful turkey with all the trimmings and trifle for dessert. Skyped with family back home before calling it a day.
Boxing Day brought more sun but a strong wind and big waves so we spent the day at the beach boogie boarding and body surfing in between eating various leftovers at the house. Edward managed to embed three sea urchin spines in his big toe - ouch - but had a good time nonetheless! Tonight we have picked up our rental 4x4 in preparation for our road trip tomorrow. The plan is to drive south along the coast to a town called Sur where we will stop for lunch and see the dhow building yard. From there we will drive inland to the Wahiba sands for an overnight desert camping trip that is to include a visit to a small bedouin village, camel rides, and sand skiing... Next morning we will drive out of the desrt via the dunes, visit an old village, and possibly take in the fort at Nizwa before heading home. We will post on these travels sometime Tuesday. In the interim some photos from the past couple of days....
Wow, camel riding! Can't wait to see/hear about that! Glad you are all having such a wonderful time :)
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