Desert archives

My boat building hiatus is now well into the third month. Frankly, I miss it dearly. The weekly routine of driving out to the shed, the slow progress, earned by honest sweat and a little brain-work on problem solving... I miss it. 

Sure - Every coin has two sides. As a compensation for the missed time working on the boat, I get a full new experience of work in a foreign country, in a a totally unfamiliar culture. Despite the hardships imposed by a frankly difficult project, I do acknowledge the benefits and leanings. And I also get sweat - for the bloody heat - and I get brain-work, and problem solving on the side.

So, if some of you guys, those of you who sometimes still drop into this blog, think I´m slacking, that this boatbuilding project is coming to a sad end... Then I´m glad to comfort you. If you keep you patience, just as I am, then you will see this boat floating sometime in future, eventually. Even if it looks like we´re very far from the water still.    

And by the way, thanks for keeping coming back to this blog. It is a form of incentive, in ways you could´t imagine.

Al Gaffal Dhow Race in Dubai

Tomorrow starts a traditional dhow race in Dubai  - the Al Gaffal Dhow Race. 

When I first arrived in the region, I was eager to find the traditional sailing dhows. My enthusiasm has been somewhat dampened by the stiff work schedule of my current project. But today I heard in the radio, by chance, that a dhow race will take place tomorrow. It starts at 7:30 am, from some distant islands. However, it is quite hard to find information about where it ends, and about a suitable place to see the finish... and Dubai is 135 km away. Chances are slim, that I will be there to see it...

://dimc.ae/index.php/events/calendar-events/details/146-60ft

Weekend in Berlin

After a long, long while of skipped weekends due to a tight project schedule, Adri and I had the chance to enjoy a weekend in Berlin. We took time to see the lovely Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, and the Photographie Museum, where a great Helmut Newton show was on display.