So much has happened in the last week. Too much to fully
catch up on. I started and completed my first week of classes. I moved in with
my home stay family. I went on an amazing camping trip. I went to a party and
had henna done as well. I feel like I can officially claim that I’m in the Middle
East. Bas kul she2 tamam. All things are good.
This country is seriously incredibly beautiful. It’s so
strange to be somewhere where things are still so natural. The mountains and
the sea. The sunsets are to die for. The mountains turn into paintings as the
sun slowly drops behind them.
It’s strange, though. Just being here, you can feel the
development. Ten years, twenty years from now, the country will be entirely
changed. Not in the way that I know that Howell, the small town where I'm from, will change. It's different here. Here it's changing something that hasn't yet been touched.
We went camping on the beach of a little bay off the coast that we had
to boat to. It was beautiful, but even now it’s plainly evident that things are
developing. The location is currently under construction for becoming a tourist
attraction.
The neighborhood where I live is extremely new. It’s a small
corner of the city right next to Sultan Qaboos University. There are a ton of
half built homes and many more empty lots. The neighborhood mosque is half
finished.
I can’t imagine coming back here. I know that I will, but I
can’t imagine what Oman will be like. Until then, Oman is as it is.
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