I'm back......

I've had a few comments from others about how quiet my blog has been. There's been heaps to do getting my head around a new job, a new place to live, a new lifestyle and of course meeting the many, many new people who have crossed my path in the last fortnight.

Yes, my second week in Al Ain is almost at an end, funny it feels like I've been here forever. I hit the ground running at work, the only way it works around here it appears. I have remembered my limited Arabic words and the teachers have enjoyed that I'm willing to learn more, nothing like immersion for that. The girls noticed my necklace with my name in Arabic on the first day so most of the older ones know my name.

Rau, pictured above near the top of Jebel Hafeet, and I have explored and shopped and socialised. We took a taxi to the top of the mountain to get the lay of the land only to find it was a bit hazy to get good photos. The view is amazing, the mountain higher than I expected and there's a hotel with a pool and restaurants at the top.

This weekend we're heading to Abu Dhabi for a look. We only landed there in the wee small hours so have not seen the place in day light yet. One of my colleagues commutes from there so kindly offered us a ride. I hope to have my new computer tomorrow so will be more willing to put time into computer work. I've lost much of what I write on this one and have to save it all to a memory stick, very frustrating and demotivating.

Watch this space for photos from the weekend, I'm sure I'll have more time next week to catch up on my emails and blog. In the mean time, know that I am thinking of everyone back home and enjoying the emails you are taking the time to send me.