Our December Trip Pictures are finally uploaded!

Now that we've had the chance to combine all the pictures from our 4 cameras, you can finally take a look at our albums by using the following links:

1) Kuwait with Behn and Julie!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34635124@N07/sets/72157612853511591/

2) Luxor, Egypt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34635124@N07/sets/72157612854040471/

3) Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34635124@N07/sets/72157612899970426/

4) Cairo, Egypt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34635124@N07/sets/72157612900040806/

and finally...

5) Jordan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34635124@N07/sets/72157612854287165/

ENJOY!!!
xoxo

Merry Christmas and Happy 2009!!!

Well our month of holidays has come and gone, but we had amazing experiences in Oman and then Kuwait, Egypt and Jordan with Behn and Julie!! We are SO lucky to have had them come visit us in the Middle East - and we enjoyed every minute of traveling with them! We have so many pictures between the 4 of us...so when we get a chance to organize and edit them...we'll post them on here!

Thanks so much for the cards and gifts that Julie and Behn brought us from friends and family back home...it helped make everyone seem closer to us for our first Christmas together away from home.

We hope everyone had a great holiday season and we wish you all the best in 2009!!
Lots of love,
Chris and Lori

Six days in Oman

Beach we had a picnic on the first day

Oman's Flag

Quriyat is a small fishing village east of Muscat

Quriyat from a distance

Old lookout tower. These along with old forts are scattered along the countryside

Soccer game

Soccer games are everywhere in the evening

Cliffs just south of Quriyat

Looking out in to theGulf of Oman

Eastern Hajar Mountains

Water Station

Dhow's in the Sur Harbour

Fatah AlKhair, 70yr old Dhow

Dhow ship building yard

These ships are built from memory passed down through generations, there are no plans or blueprints

Driving from Quriyat to Sur we found a wild Camel and stopped for some photos

Beach at Ras Al Hadd. One of the largest Sea Turtle nesting sites on earth.

Remnants of an turtle shell

Town of Ras Al Hadd

Hiking in Wadi Shab

Swimming in Wadi Shab

Local man washing his clothes in Wadi Tiwi

Goat Crossing

Cliff Jumping at the sink hole

Sink Hole. Local legend says a demon lives in this sink hole, the depth of which is unknown

Not sure how this goat managed to climb this tree

Every hotel room comes with a sign indicating the direction of Mecca for prayer

shop at the souq which sold Khanjar's (traditional Omani Dagger)

Eid Al Adha traditional sacrificing of a cow/goat

These people were extremely welcoming and encouraged us to take lots of photos

Skinless cows head

Handing out gum to the carpet sellers of Jabal Shams

Cliff hugging roads up Jabal Shams... leading up to the highest point in Oman