The hike/trek/don't really know what to call it was awesome!
Took a bit to get there, four hours to Fujariah, then another 20 minutes into the mountains.
But not like the mountains I am used to- these are rock, not forest. It felt like we were going someplace forbidden, roads winding where they could find space.
The weather wasn't looking too good when we got there, and the last place you want to be when it rains is in the wadi (which is like a river, but there are only some parts with water).
Getting into the wadi was interesting. I am not always the best with heights, and this was a rock face with an angle of about / and it was pretty tall. Thankfully, adrenaline and a slight case of tunnel vision kicked in, and I made it to the bottom. Going back up was interesting. I thought it might be easier, but I forgot I slid on some areas down, which you can't do going up. And getting out of the wadi, you don't want to go back down into it. But we all made it, before the wind picked up.
Once we got to the wadi the weather started to clear up. We saw the UAE's "largest waterfall", and the convergence, which is where you don't want to get caught. There was one section that we got to swim through, which was really weird- you don't feel like you are in the desert. Because I guess we weren't really. (This was on the border of Oman).
On the way back out we did some clean up, and then back onto the bus for another four hours.
Then last night we had another coffee party in our room, where a bunch of people come hang out. It will probably be the last until after Ramayana is over.
Speaking of Ramayana, second semester starts tomorrow. I have my books and my notebooks, and am really excited, but also really intimidated.
My classes:
The Global Sixties. This topic looks really interesting, and the teacher is an expert (he wrote one of our books and edited the other). I guess I didn't realize how much I assume things, because for some reason I thought the teacher would be female.
Where the City Meets the Sea. This completes my experimental science core. Yay! But the classes are long and I think it will be a lot of work, but a different kind of work, so that is good.
Intro to Visual Culture. Visual Arts requirement, and I am sure it will be amazing.
Making Theater. This class terrifies me. I have actually had fleeting moments when I considered dropping it. But it will be a good class, even if it does scare me.
Kinda class: Government and Religion. I have to do an alternate way of completing this because it clashes with Visual Culture.
Also the same work as a class: Ramayana. This. Will. Be. Awesome.
Now it is laundry time, and relaxation/visiting with friends before the chaos starts.
<3
Took a bit to get there, four hours to Fujariah, then another 20 minutes into the mountains.
But not like the mountains I am used to- these are rock, not forest. It felt like we were going someplace forbidden, roads winding where they could find space.
The weather wasn't looking too good when we got there, and the last place you want to be when it rains is in the wadi (which is like a river, but there are only some parts with water).
Getting into the wadi was interesting. I am not always the best with heights, and this was a rock face with an angle of about / and it was pretty tall. Thankfully, adrenaline and a slight case of tunnel vision kicked in, and I made it to the bottom. Going back up was interesting. I thought it might be easier, but I forgot I slid on some areas down, which you can't do going up. And getting out of the wadi, you don't want to go back down into it. But we all made it, before the wind picked up.
Once we got to the wadi the weather started to clear up. We saw the UAE's "largest waterfall", and the convergence, which is where you don't want to get caught. There was one section that we got to swim through, which was really weird- you don't feel like you are in the desert. Because I guess we weren't really. (This was on the border of Oman).
On the way back out we did some clean up, and then back onto the bus for another four hours.
Then last night we had another coffee party in our room, where a bunch of people come hang out. It will probably be the last until after Ramayana is over.
Speaking of Ramayana, second semester starts tomorrow. I have my books and my notebooks, and am really excited, but also really intimidated.
My classes:
The Global Sixties. This topic looks really interesting, and the teacher is an expert (he wrote one of our books and edited the other). I guess I didn't realize how much I assume things, because for some reason I thought the teacher would be female.
Where the City Meets the Sea. This completes my experimental science core. Yay! But the classes are long and I think it will be a lot of work, but a different kind of work, so that is good.
Intro to Visual Culture. Visual Arts requirement, and I am sure it will be amazing.
Making Theater. This class terrifies me. I have actually had fleeting moments when I considered dropping it. But it will be a good class, even if it does scare me.
Kinda class: Government and Religion. I have to do an alternate way of completing this because it clashes with Visual Culture.
Also the same work as a class: Ramayana. This. Will. Be. Awesome.
Now it is laundry time, and relaxation/visiting with friends before the chaos starts.
<3
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