Saturday, February 16, 2008

Sand or Ice ?

Last night we had a sandstorm that dumped sand in our city. Dammam airport was closed for 5 hours and the sand got into our houses and noses. The daily newspaper reports hundreds of cases being admitted to emergency rooms for treatment of respiratory complaints. On the other side of our planet, my friend flydad writes about a sleet/ice storm that hit Chicago .. what a difference this planet makes.

Monday, February 04, 2008

UAE versus Saudi geocachers

Have you ever wondered about the hiding behavior of geocachers in this part of the world. If you run into a cache placed in either UAE or Saudi then there is a high probability that it will have 2 stars for difficulty. You can read more about it here.