Month: September 2008

I thought I had done a blog post about Girgian last year but I can’t find one.

Girgian finished last night after three nights of it. It if a mostly Kuwait tradition from way back that happens in the middle of Ramadan. This year for the first time we were prepared with sweets for the children.

It is where the children go house to house close friends and neighbours for sweets. The children are very cute in their traditional clothing. And if you ask them they will sing! Not too badly actually.

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And my wife’s favorite song from Kermit

Lastly, Grover! Extremely funny!

Fascinating!

There were thousands of these buildings during the Safavid dynasty, about the 16th century CE. They were built to collect the droppings as fertilizer for melon and cucumber fields… However, in modern times chemically produced fertilizers have drastically reduced the viability of the bird guano industry and as a result not many of these structures have survived to the present day. The droppings were also used in the process of tanning leather.

Go to Dark Roasted Blend for more photos.

I have a bunch of tabs open in the browser with some interesting sites and may as well gather them here as follows:

• Nick Cobbing has some great photos of Greenland and sailing. Gripping!
• Check out photojournalist Lynn Johnson’s photos. She’s known for her intense, sensitive work. Deservedly so!
• And finally if you need a camera strap or want to take a typing test.
• Or want to go on an awesome African photo safari (I do but doesn’t everybody)
• Or want to see six gill sharks. I want to try this maybe next year in Canada off of Vancouver Island near Nanaimo.