Unusual stuff

Today's snap is of a sign pointing the way to the restrooms at a spot in Oman. The ladies was to the left and the men's to the right. Both are wheelchair accessible. I love the detail of this sign! Looks very different from what you are probably used to seeing if you're reading this back in my home country!

On to further unusual stuff. Some time ago I heard reports of a four foot long reef worm discovered inside an aquarium in the UK. Well, here's the report from the aquarium itself:
http://www.bluereefaquarium.co.uk/news-from-newquay/coral-worm.htm

Upon further digging, I found a website out of Singapore on these big polychaetaes:
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/worm/polychaeta/giant.htm This Singapore website claims they eat algae, but I think the Blue Reef Aquarium would claim otherwise! Or, the ones common to Singapore and the one at the Blue Reef are TOTALLY different critters altogether. At any rate, really interesting unusual stuff! I've seen a variety of polychaeta worm that 'glowed' in the dark (ie bioluminescence). I actually have two small polychaeta worms living in my aquarium in my living room. We see the little guys from time to time. For now, mine seem happy to stay burrowed into the gravel and make tunnels/tubes. I don't think they'll grow to 1.5m long, enshallah!

Totally random unusual bit, when I went to log in to my blogger account this morning, I could only get it to come up in Arabic! After some frustrating moments, I managed to get it swapped back over to English. But, since I've never used the Arabic version of blogger (which looks really cool in Arabic by the way!), I'm wondering why it suddenly was an issue today?

On to less unusual stuff, the munchkins have been very busy lately. Many students in the region are out on school holiday this week. So, we've been busy keeping busy! We visited a REALLY cool aquarium, had play dates with friends, been eating out for lunch, saw a fun movie (Hotel for Dogs) and hunted for seashells out on the beach. We can't swim in the ocean at the moment because the region is currently being plagued by blooms of 'red tide', more specifically Cochlodinium polykrikoides. Thankfully, this particular species of 'red tide' does not appear to give off a nasty neuro toxin that many 'red tides' are known for. But, we'll keep on eye on things just in case!

We have also planned out our summer holiday! We have so many things to see and do, that we had to get it a bit scheduled. The munchkins were very excited to hear that we get to spend a few nights at Yellowstone in Wyoming in the United States, and our holiday includes a night at a hotel with an indoor waterpark! Our summer holiday this year is basically a big 'ol American style road trip. Thank goodness for large SUV's!

One last brief bit....current temp outside is 93F and the forecasted temp was 83F. Hmmmm???