Camping trip update!

Been back for two days now but was busy with other stuff so had no time to update.

The trip was a blast! We didn't do any snorkeling because the red tide was still in town after nearly a month. What is the red tide you say?

""Red tide" is a common name for a phenomenon known as an algal bloom, an event in which estuarine, marine, or fresh water algae accumulate rapidly in the water coulmn, or "bloom"... Some red tides are associated with the production of natural toxins, depletion of dissolved oxygen or other harmful impacts, and are generally described as harmful algal blooms. The most conspicuous effects of red tides are the associated wildlife mortalities among marine and coastal species of fish, birds, marine mammals and other organisms."

Taken from wiki.

Therefore most of the sea creatures were dead and the water was a murky green color. However we ended up doing other outdoor activities and just lazing in the sun. And ofcourse, we had to get stuck in the soft beach sand. Luckily my Baba is an expert in handling this situation and the car was unsunk in a matter of minutes.

We set up camp; three two person tents and one eight person tent, then went off exploring the beach. Here a couple of shots of the dead sea creatures I found.












When the tide was out a huge area of rocks and tidal pools unveiled to us! We just had to explore it and found some awesome creatures. Lots of live eels were slithering around us. I admit I was rather scared of them. Also saw a Mudskipper (amphibious fish) and lots of crabs.














At night the sky was so full of stars! I always get mesmerized by it. Since it was so dark at night and also rather cold, we each had a little map and sweater and jacket as demonstrated by my brother here (that's him actually posing)





We had built a bonfire that warmed us up while we sat together around the camping table and talked and listened to music. Here is a vid oh my little brother busting some moves.





A shot of the sunrise, beach hopscotch and a couple of shot of the gang.









More photos can be found on my flickr.

Camping trip

I just know I should have slept a bit earlier ._.

I slept at 1 am and just woke up (7.20 am) to the voice of my Baba telling me to get ready. I was supposed to be up by 7 am, but I kinda rolled over and went back to sleep again in my comfertable Queen bed.

I feel so groggy and snappy and my voice is all husky and manly. I need my 8 hours of sleep or else I am not a happy camper. Not a good start to a camping trip I have been looking forward to for the past week xD

We're going to an area called Seefa, which is about an hour's drive away from the capital Muscat, and camp for two nights. It's gonna be the first camping trip for my 6 year old sister and 5 year old brother, so they are pretty darn excited. I can't believe my brother is already up at this hour of the morning. It would take a nucleur bomb to wake him up during normal school days at such an hour =/ He's already downstairs, all dressed eating his Bee'9 (Egg).

I haven't been camping in three long years! We're gonna do a bit of fishing as well as snorkelling. I hope the beach we will camp on will have some caves to explore.

Packed lots of warm clothes, since the nights are here are pretty chilly, as well as a huge can of mosquito repellant as it is the season for them at the moment.

Ok I better go take a shower and wake myself up a bit. Can't risk the danger of hearing Baba yelling my name up the stairs since that would mean I am late and will be in for a lecture on punctuality.

Back in 2 nights, if I dont get eaten by a shark or stung to death by a jelly fish =D