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I went to the Aquarium today.

Check out their web site here.

It is quite a nice facility. Some animals and fish I’ve never seen before.

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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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