The Main Gate (whoddat sexy thang?):
And a shot of the corner store sandwiched between the "saloon" and a little restaurant/sheesha bar where I smoke all my sheesha and looka:
Our mosque--one of four within 1000 sq.m. of our place: kinda like being in Utah, only with muslims:
Singin' in the . . . sun:
Poverty is never far away. While there are newer neighborhoods that are exclusively upscale (and under-serviced), most of the seven original villages--Jahili, Mutaredh, Muwaiji, Markhaniya, Jimi, and two others--now organized as "communities," are a mix of older, poorer, and cramped worker quarters and posher row houses and compounds. This is 300 m from our place.
Another of our neighborhood mosques:
Hey! Chickens CAN fly! (If they're magical, that is.):
Al Murabba'a Fort:
And speaking of magic . . . carpets. Typical storefront (non-mall, anyway). These are places you would be expected to dicker. Along this particular strip you can buy toys, coats, canes, sheesha pipes, rugs, drugs, and bugs.
Looking under the flyover toward the Shaikha Salama Mosque:
Shakha Salama Mosque R/A (Fountain Roundabout) at rest:
The Mosque itself (sideways? yes. dang. will upload iLife this week and get this fixed):
Careful: man in dress crossing:
My bumps! My bumps! My lumpy speedy humps! (No, Ryan. Not that kind.):
For Google Earth geeks, here are our coordinates: /Users/jonathonpenny/Desktop/Penny House in Al Andalus.kmz
And now, just a fragment of the afternoon call to prayer. The footage doesn't matter. One of these days we're going to get a digital audio recorder and post all five from one day, with scintillating information about each.
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4 comments:
i loved the man in dress crossing sign.
i want to visit.
someday...maybe.
Thanks for the taste of arabia. Was that a call to prayer on the video? How often do you hear that?
Yes, this was a great post...I was laughing out loud and Porter came down from supposedly getting ready for bed. Love the signs...so that is where that hump song comes from! :)
I'm not as nice as the others. I am commenting on all three posts right here. As you are aware, I get nervous when you miss a Friday of posting. Okay, maybe not nervous, but disappointed. You always make up for it though! Way to go Wendy on your little adventure! Truly the Cahoon way to do things. How excited. Riley, Chris, congratulations on the ipods! Lucky! Have your tastes in music changed in any way? I guess I'm not too sure on what they were before... I need more info on the indoor skiing! Jon, you look good. No worries. How is Jonah? Did he go skiing too? Did you all ski or was there any boarding action? Love you guys and miss you! I'm so glad you keep us updated quite regularly!
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