From Bredin to Mari-Cait

Hey baby!

All is going well here. The trip out to Dubai was very uneventful, which
is good I suppose. Never did get that first class seat tho, which sucks,
cause they looked pretty swank! The hotel in Dubai where I stayed, the
_____,  was friggin sweet! four star all the way! You can
check it out online. Just look for the ______ Dubai on google.
Their soap smelled really good. Also their restaurant... well, they had
like five, but I ate at... I forget, but they had a sushi buffet which I
thought was gonna be so so. Turns out that it was probably the best I've
ever eaten.

            I left for the ship at 8 a.m. on a little bus with 5 other
people. It was a ____ drive to (I'll probably misspell this______. What a bleak countryside! Nothing but desert that turned into
mountains. There were only varying hues of brown and brownish green that
only changed when the iron content in certain hills/mountains stained
the land an old rust color. Despite all of that, there was new
construction everywhere. And, not just any old housing developments;
these looked like homes for the elite class. There seems to be a lot of
optimism for growth out there.

            When we arrived at the ship, everyone was off of the boat(in
port for one day) in the one place they could go; a little strip mall in
the port with 5 stores selling the same things. That is where we had our
wonderful  conversation on the phone. So, I bought some essentials and
got back to the boat.

            Our first day out to sea, I saw a pod of whales! Humpbacks,
I think. Since then it's been pretty much the same routine every day.
There is actually an elevator on the boat, which I think is crazy! I
only take the stairs though, which has me walking up about fifty flights
per day. I'm gonna have some rock hard buns for you to pinch when I get
back!

Well, I have to go now. It's just turning seven now(been up since five)
so I'm gonna have breakfast, and get to work.






Miss you sooo much!




Love and kisses