Eid Break

Around middle of October we had a pretty long official break, the Eid Al Fitr holidays, which was from the 11th to the 19th inclusive of the weekends. While I had to do some work at the start (somewhat in the middle and end as well), we had a pretty restful break away from the day to day hustle.

There were several vacation/leisure options such as dune bashing, sea-oriented tourist travels, visiting Dubai (which is what most expats do around here which decidedly makes Dubai crowded and jammed, more than usual that is). While we had wanted intended to go out of Muscat for a more traditional definition of a vacation, certain limitations (including funds hehe) inspired us to look for different alternatives. I booked a room at the local InterCon (thanks to Priority Club, I didnt spend a Baizal*) and just basically enjoyed the facilities particualarly the Pools and the tub.




Since Vivian had recently started their swimming lessons in school, she was a bit braver to venture into the water. She was also fortunate to see several of her class(&school)mates in the pool. so for some time, she had been just playing with her friends while we were watching from afar.



*Baizal is the local counterpart of centavos(cents) and it is used with three decimal places instead of the usual two. So, tag price for a shirt for example is 0.500 Rials or 500 Baizals equivalent to roughly about 55 Pesos.