Then, a man selling sunglasses blocked my view, asking if I wanted to buy. “No thanks,” I replied. These propositions did not stop. A man came by selling beach blankets, and then another came by peddling bracelets. I had refused all until I saw the man with the beach blankets. Sh...
Bait Al Zubair (including Bait Al Bagh) Bait Al Zubair is a privately funded museum that publicly opened in 1998 in the original Bait Al Bagh building. It highlights daily life in Old Oman. The museum currently displays the Zubair family’s collection of Omani artefacts in 5 buildings. Speci...
I have a lake chip in my GPS unit that came in super handy to find my campsite. We needed to boat for miles and miles of unfamiliar waters. I also picked up a map of Kabetogama at a nearby bait shop in Cook. Not only is it a good back up, but it also had some fishing spots...
I have a lake chip in my GPS unit that came in super handy to find my campsite. We needed to boat for miles and miles of unfamiliar waters. I also picked up a map of Kabetogama at a nearby bait shop in Cook. Not only is it a good back up, but it also had some fishing spots...
I’m enjoying the slide into familiarity – discovering where to buy the freshest and cheapest fruit and veg, working out which combination of trains gets me home the quickest, having a local ramen shop, noticing that the same cashier works the midnight shift at the kombini, realising that ...
It's great fun to explore new places-it feels like an adventure, even when you know you're not the first to have been there. But make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles.● Do the map reading if you're being driven somewhere. It'll
Since 1995, Bethlehem has been a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, only 10 km / 6.2 mi from Jerusalem. Not a large city, it has only about 25,000 inhabitants who live mainly from the tourism industry. Pilgrims and tourists alike come to walk in the same places where part of ...
I continued to buy and read his books with salacious delight. I remember fondlyTidewater Tales,Somebody the Sailor, andComing Soon. Today, even short references to his anecdotes get me laughing at the remembrance of fantastic sailing ships, Scheherazade, and bizarre and very personal micro-kayak ...
Cowtown Farmers Market is a great late-morning Saturday activity. If you nor the kids have ever been there, you're in for an EXPERIENCE. For one, it's in the heart of Salem County, so you're in for quite a beautiful drive. Once you get there, try to resist the urge to buy eve...
to the Kindle years ago. I still find reading on a traditional Kindle to be the experience that most closely simulates reading the printed page. Although I only buy printed books on certain occasions these days (I try to read electronic books in order to prevent accumulating more objects ...