no internet yesterday!

sorry for the lack of post - we had no internet yesterday, which is weird. anyway, over the rant from the previous day and moving on.

we went to the post office in al jazira al hamra (which is a little town just south of RAK, but part of the emirate of RAK) near where the factory is. the guy was so nice inside, and when julian was cruising around checking stuff out (and i was stamping my letters), he goes over to him and picks him up (julian was a little taken aback) and then gives him two mini twix bars. julian's new best friend. that kid is a chocoholic. serge let him try his chocolates and he gobbles them up like crazy.

we met serge and lewellyn there and then stopped at one of the sketchy (as i call them) local cafeterias, which wasn't sketchy at all. zaharat al jabal cafeteria. we had yummy fruit shakes (banana pineapple, mango and avocado) and fast food, basically. they serve all kinds of chicken, fish and burger-type things (but like 10 zillion more than at a mcdonald's or something), chicken shwarma, fries, etc. it was good, but i wouldn't eat there every day, but i never eat fast food anyway, so whatever. i would go back again and again for the shakes. yum. and not ginormous american size either.

the funny thing about fast food here, is that there is no official drive thru, but it's understood. i had seen that one other place, and then here again. you pull up outside of the eatery and then honk your horn like someone is being killed in front of you. that catches the attention of someone inside the establishment, who then comes out to take your order. hilarious.  

so we're off to dubai for today, and i'll be back later with a report.