No time to write (Nicole and I are going exploring!), but here's what you get for now:


The Middle East, as you might predict, is extremely... brown.


Arie, Bert, Matt, and Miranda instantly made a beeline for the skeevy liquor store on our way back from an ATM. By the way, I can legally buy alcohol here. ;)


The view from our bedroom window.

(Can you see the mosque? The first prayer call of every day is at 4AM. Woo.)