Two weekends ago, Zach and I got out of Muscat for a little rest and relaxation. The trimester ended for Middle School on Wednesday and the quarter ends for high school this coming Wednesday, so we figured we would get away to allow ourselves to do some work and decompress from all of the stress caused by school. Neither of us had to teach in the afternoon on Wednesday, so we took a half-day personal day and headed out with plenty of time to get to ou
r destination that was five hours away--Khaluf.Anyone who has visited me thus far needs to come back over to Oman, because Khaluf instantly became my favorite place in Oman. The two best parts of this incredible country--the beach and the desert--smack into each other at this beach. The dunes of the desert literally run into the white beach and ocean. It's absolutely breathtaking. It's also remote enough that its ecosystem doesn't seem to be too impacted by humans. We had a 5 miles stretch of beach all to ourselves.
Speaking of the 5 miles stretch, my wonderful boyfriend had the sweet idea of taking a morning beach walk our first morning there. We set off to go to the point at the end of the beach. We had NO idea how far away it was. 10 miles and 4 hours later, we arrived back at camp sun burnt and dehydrated (we hadn't put on sun screen and didn't bring water on the walk). OOPS! That's the last time I let Zach decide how far we're going to go.
The great thing about the 10 mile beach adventure was that we got to see incredible wildlife! There were dead stingrays and sea turtles. We ended up decapitating one of the dead turtles later in the trip so that we could have the skull. Even cooler were the cattle nose rays that were swimming around in the shallow bay. Absolutely amazing!
The weekend was spent frolicking in the dunes, reading in the shade tent, swimming in the ocean and staring up at the stars at night. Simply magical. I love my life.
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