As-salaam alaykum! Welcome to the start of Janelle and Adam's adventures abroad! We've been in Muscat for a week now and are loving every minute of it. We've been warmly welcomed into the community from fellow Canadians, expats from around the world, and incredibly hospitable Omanis.
We began our journey after Christmas, traveling to Phoenix for a week of R&R after a frantic 2 days in Calgary packing up the house and deciding what to ship overseas (only went over the air freight weight allowance by double! 160 lbs isn't much...)
Phoenix did the trick and also allowed us to begin adjusting to warm weather. After spending New Years in Tempe at the Fiesta Bowl block party and rocking out to Sawyer Brown, we left on January 6th for San Fransisco, and then caught our Emirates flight to Dubai. 15 1/2 hours later we landed in Dubai a day ahead. The flight was fantastic, over 1000 channels to watch, great service and considering the lengthy flight, we landed feeling pretty good. Unfortunately we couldn't leave the airport due to visa requirements but lucky for us the 12 hour layover went by very quickly. The Dubai airport is like Vegas in that it does not sleep. At 2am it was packed, all the restaurants open, a full shopping mall and the glitz and glamour of Vegas minus the gambling. However, you could tell that we'd arrived in a region of the world unlike any other!
We boarded our flight on Oman Air and after a quick 50 minute flight touched down in our new home Jan. 8th - 2 days later!
First impressions were how clean everything was, flowers everywhere and how gorgeous the weather was. We were picked up by a driver sent by Janelle's work and a smiling familiar face, Rashid, who had worked in Canada the year prior.
The driver dropped us off at an apartment in 'Camp' and said "someone will pick you up tomorrow morning at 9" and that was it!
We began our journey after Christmas, traveling to Phoenix for a week of R&R after a frantic 2 days in Calgary packing up the house and deciding what to ship overseas (only went over the air freight weight allowance by double! 160 lbs isn't much...)
Phoenix did the trick and also allowed us to begin adjusting to warm weather. After spending New Years in Tempe at the Fiesta Bowl block party and rocking out to Sawyer Brown, we left on January 6th for San Fransisco, and then caught our Emirates flight to Dubai. 15 1/2 hours later we landed in Dubai a day ahead. The flight was fantastic, over 1000 channels to watch, great service and considering the lengthy flight, we landed feeling pretty good. Unfortunately we couldn't leave the airport due to visa requirements but lucky for us the 12 hour layover went by very quickly. The Dubai airport is like Vegas in that it does not sleep. At 2am it was packed, all the restaurants open, a full shopping mall and the glitz and glamour of Vegas minus the gambling. However, you could tell that we'd arrived in a region of the world unlike any other!
We boarded our flight on Oman Air and after a quick 50 minute flight touched down in our new home Jan. 8th - 2 days later!
First impressions were how clean everything was, flowers everywhere and how gorgeous the weather was. We were picked up by a driver sent by Janelle's work and a smiling familiar face, Rashid, who had worked in Canada the year prior.
The driver dropped us off at an apartment in 'Camp' and said "someone will pick you up tomorrow morning at 9" and that was it!
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| Emirates flight at SF airport |
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| Dubai Airport at midnight |
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| Dubai from the air |
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Our new apartment, home for the next year |
Great pics Adam. Love especially the view from your deck...appeals to my longing for peace and space. Not sure about relaxing into that furniture though. Omanis must have great posture! Hope you are both well. Hugs, Aunt Deb
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