Almost the holiday

This blog is being written at the least pleasant time of the year in Muscat and yet it is still a nice place to be. It is very hot. Hot and humid at times and we have been almost preparing for a cyclone. There was one last year at this time - 5th June to be precise and it caused a lot of damage - so we are nervous at the thought of another one.

My husband Alan checks the weather on the internet because he is always wanting to see if there are waves to surf on the east coast and he says that what looks like sinister weather patterns are not serious and we shouldn't worry. Some people are obviously worrying because there are no ordinary candles to be found in any of the Al Fairs in Muscat! (Al Fair is the supermarket that we like because they often have South African products - like Ouma Rusks and Mrs Balls Chutney!!)

With luck we will be able to go to the east coast to our favourite spot at A Sila near Al Ashkarah before we go on vacation to Australia to our home on the Australian east coast. The picture is of Alan surfing in Australia. I can't get close enough to him in Oman to get a decent picture! The beach is too wide! The only thing about camping at this time of the year is that the flies get very persistent and sticky! I am sure that even before the dawn of Islam the people who lived in the desert covered up completely against the heat and especially the flies!!