I visited the BurJaman mall today. It was breathtaking and everything inside was brutally expensive except for the schwarma. Which by the way was very good.
I went to the Emirates Towers and got my hair cut at Toni and Guy. The muslim woman who sat down beside me asked for a screen to be put up around her for privacy as she took off her head covering and abaya. I think my staring might have been a little obvious because the staff moved me to another chair shortly afterwards.
The temperature here is 41 degrees celsius today. The heat is actually not that bad - it's the humidity that's a killer. For this reason, the streets are totally deserted during the day. The only living things I could find on the street were these guys, and they seem to be having a fight:
Sorry it's a little blurry - I took the picture from a car window because I didn't want to get eaten.
do u put a screen around your head as well?
ReplyDeletecan u show me a picture of your haircut?
ReplyDelete-Kassidy (not my mom)
from kassidy, marcus, and matthias.
ReplyDeleteSEND MORE PICTURES!! WE MISS U!!
Yes post more pictures Nic! I miss you too!! Let's see some pictures of your hotel and your haircut, and any interesting places you go! And if you take a limo take a picture of that too!!
ReplyDeleteTo answer Kassidy's question - no I thankfully don't have to wear anything on my head. I am not muslim or a Saudi national, so I am not expected to do that, but I am expected to show some respect, so I wear an abaya, a black garment that covers me from neck to toe.
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