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Yes that is sand drifting across the road.

Finally, Mr. Ian makes it to the office. In there before 7:00 am. I leave at about 6:10 to make it there by then.

Today at Kubbar Island. Nice weather, calm seas, but …

Horrendous visibility. And a good stretch of current. First dive, visibility was about 1 meter. Did see a large grouper though.

Second dive, was low vis also, for a bit was better.

A note on the water temperature. It is dropping fast, 4 degrees since last week. This week I wore the same 3 mm wetsuit plus a hooded 3 mm vest underneath. I was plenty warm when finning into the current at the end of the first dive. But on the second dive I felt the coolness, not in the core thanks to the vest, but in my arms.

I made the trip to the city Wednesday evening, finally. It is about a 30 km drive.

I went in between the traffic. It gets thicker as you get near the city. Not too bad though.

It brought back memories. I went by the Sheraton where there is the complicated roundabout. I stayed at at the Sheraton while in Kuwait with Telvent. Then I drove onward to the City Center.

I arrived there and went into the car wash. I figured I should get a wash as the car was very dirty. It collects a lot of dust and I’ve only been cleaning the windows. The car wash is a large area for about 50 cars. I got Number 11 and went to the stall where they jacked it up and washed it underneath, inside and outside including vacuum and hand dry.

Then I went into the market. It was at the busy time buzzing with people, mostly Indians. They have a huge selection from appliances to vegetables. I didn’t make it to the vege section. It was too much and I’m not buying vegetables anyhow.

I did buy a cheap Chinese made electric hair clipper for the equivalent of about $12. Then this morning did a self-haircut.

Photos of the picnic held on Saturday at Messila Beach.

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Here is another view of the villa from the outside.

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I signed the contract today for the villa. Photos to follow tomorrow of what is staying behind. They will leave some furniture and drapes. Staying is:

We can always have it removed later on. It will make the initial moving in much easier.

Statistics are:

Lot size:

400 square meters (4305 square feet)

House size:

650 square meters (6996 square feet) (This doesn’t seem right though. I’d say by our standards bout 3500 square feet maximum. That is probably the external dimensions of the whole house, not counted as done in North America. Well, anyhow it is big enough.

Ceiling height:

9 feet 2 inches (seems a bit higher though).