Here are some more observations and photos about normal, daily life here during my stay.

The villa in which I am staying is pretty nice. It has about six bedrooms or so, though only 4 have people in them, and I think two of those people are moving out this weekend. I am in the ladies-only villa; next door is the verboten mens-only villa. Our side is pretty massive and includes a courtyard and separate building for the kitchen. The whole place is surrounded by a high wall, which seems to be the norm. Everybody’s got a wall.

Our giant sitting room, with its huge rug and gargantuan couches

The neighborhood is residential, though there are a few stores nearby, about a 7-10 minute walk, depending on where you want to go.

This is one of our more attractive neighboring houses.

The language school is not to far away. They pick us up in a big van (or small bus, depending on your perspective) to take us to and from class. It is possible to walk to class, but no one wants to in this heat. You can pay 2 rial a day (about $5.20) to get lunch from the school. A local person makes it (or sometimes they order out; Tuesday is Pizza day) and it is usually delicious.

Sadly, the little triangle things were not samosas. They had cream cheese in them.
This was all awesome.

In other news, one thing I enjoy about visiting other countries is going to the supermarket and seeing all the different products and/or different packaging on familiar products. Here are two interesting ones:

Apparently, this is abaya wash. The brand seems to be “Barseel”? Something like that. I can’t understand much of the packaging, but I can see the word for “black” on it. If you want to keep your abayas looking their blackest, use Barseel.
Of course, for you gents, Barseel offers dishdasha/thobe wash. I love the guy on the bottle. He looks so self-satisfied, and his dishdasha is sparkling fresh.

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