Kim and Nick's wedding!

Kim and Nick sure know how to throw a party. It was a beautiful day.

Welcome to Dubai Daisy!

A host who takes her hosting seriously and a traveller who travels like she’s on a mission – a perfect pair. Daisy nearly exhausted all of the things to see and do in Dubai and then we headed to Oman for 5 nights to soak up the sights there.

Sorpions for breakfast

In the morning the place was crawling with scorpions but we stayed around to prepare a civilized breakfast of pancakes, bacon, eggs and tea although some of us opted for only bananas and milk. We choose a less destructive route out of the desert and waited for the tow truck to pick up our weekend casualty.

Guy Fawkes Night

Once settled into our Scorpion spot it was time to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night. We burned an effigy Guy Fawkes, did some fire jumping, played with sparklers, fireworks and blew up animal bone without protective eyewear.

Scorpion camping

One of the most action packed, destructive and funniest camping trips yet. Looking back at these pictures makes me laugh out loud. We didn’t get a picture of the Dukes of Hazard move but for those who saw it will not soon forget.

Halloween 2009

A visit to Dragon Mart and an unplanned costume is complete in 20 minutes and only a couple hours before the party.

First camping trip of the 2009/10 season - on our way home

All packed up, a drive through the wadi to get to the main road and above are pictures of things on our way home; a strange house, the usual gas station that looks like a White Castle Burger place, and shops in the town of Masafi.

First camping trip of the season - peace

Prayer time and the sound from the closest mosque bounces off the mountains– very peaceful. It’s getting a bit chilly, tea anyone?

First camping trip of the 09/10 season - testing ground

This will be the perfect testing ground for the new camera, a stunning sunset, a great camping spot and a beautiful fire. No need to worry about strange things going bump in the night as we were being watched over by a stone man on the hill.

First camping trip of the 2009/10 season - how do we do this again?

First camping trip of the season – yay! Will we remember how to do this? What do we bring? There must be a list somewhere . . . where’s the tent? A little climb before sundown and then it’s time to prepare food with fire.

Mad Hatter Party

Throwing a Mad Hatter Tea Party for charity is a lot of fun to be a part of! Decorating muffins, selecting and preparing cockails that included tea, shopping for tea cups, painting larger than human sized flowers, staining paper, making “drink me” and ‘smoke me” tags, creating a gigantic mushroom from a patio table, designing an Alice in Wonderland croquet set complete with flamingos and hedgehogs and the list goes on….

Thank you to Dan and Robyn who hosted this magical scene (inclusive of indoor grass). My tickle-trunk is now a little more full.