I had a nightmare last night. In it, one of the guards from KAUST (who had inside information on the movements of the Houthi rebels in Yemen) told us that the rebels had breached the borders of Saudi Arabia and were headed to KAUST in a matter of hours. We were scrambling to find a … Continue reading Nightmare in the Middle East
While we thankfully don’t get cockroaches here, what we have A LOT of is ANTS! There are probably millions of them around our house alone. They are in our backyard where I think they eat up the seeds I plant, the front yard and even inside our house. Every other week it seems they take … Continue reading Ant Invasion
I got my first bike in Saudi Arabia from SACO World, this huge warehouse store in the city. I knew it was crap quality but it was cheap so I figured it was all right. I put it in the luggage compartment of the bus and headed back to KAUST happily. After a few days … Continue reading The Cutest Bike Ever
When we went fishing in the Red Sea two weeks ago I got so horribly seasick that I popped a blood vessel in my eye. I won’t post pics of that here but you can Google “subconjunctival hemorrhage” if you want to know what it looks like. I looked like I could be in a … Continue reading Best Brownie Recipe
Edge of the Desert 