Ramadan concluded last Saturday when the official sighting of the next new moon was declared, ushering in the beginning of the Eid Al Fitr holiday. On Sunday, a few of us from the office were invited to an afternoon/evening excursion to the desert with a seaside dinner at the tour operator's camp. Halfway there, we went off-road and the drivers in our Land Cruiser caravan of 4 let air out of the tires for better traction and the stop was equipped with camel riding entertainment for the attention-challenged. I checked out the ones off duty...
Another 30-40km and we arrived at the dusk photo op spot.
The craggy shoreline in the horizon is Saudi Arabia, another 35km away from border control. We instituted a standard office snap called the jumpshot, coerced by the Aussie (left) that coordinates it on every trip she takes. In the middle is our resident Dutchman and the other lady is from the northeast, like me. I captured the action shot best, so I'm not in it. It reminds me of the pictures my sister used to take in front of any Matisse painting of "The Dancers" with her friends at august museums and galleries 20 years ago...and now I am jumping in the Arabian desert.
Food & Falcons still on deck but the holiday is over and time to get a language tutor.
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