Hello friends! I am feeling rather lazy and am going to mostly post pictures here today. Yesterday, we spent the day out in the desert at what I believe is an oasis and also believe is called Al Fayum. Spelling? Probably wrong. But that's okay, because Google's screen appears in Arabic and general confusion is thus expected. It was totally fun! I was under the impression it was a sit by the shore and cheer for dudes if you happened to be of the female persuasion, and dressed accordingly in a long dress and cardigan. Except this was way more nature than I or my new gladiator sandals were anticipating. Seriously. Mudflats, hiking across the top of waterfalls, etc. Plus, I'm pretty sure I scandalized an entire village by hiking up my skirt to ford the river. Or rather, I probably blinded them with my blazingly white kneecaps.
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Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Deserts and fat cats
Hello friends! I am feeling rather lazy and am going to mostly post pictures here today. Yesterday, we spent the day out in the desert at what I believe is an oasis and also believe is called Al Fayum. Spelling? Probably wrong. But that's okay, because Google's screen appears in Arabic and general confusion is thus expected. It was totally fun! I was under the impression it was a sit by the shore and cheer for dudes if you happened to be of the female persuasion, and dressed accordingly in a long dress and cardigan. Except this was way more nature than I or my new gladiator sandals were anticipating. Seriously. Mudflats, hiking across the top of waterfalls, etc. Plus, I'm pretty sure I scandalized an entire village by hiking up my skirt to ford the river. Or rather, I probably blinded them with my blazingly white kneecaps.
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