I’m swimming to Saudi this month!
By Rachel. Filed in Bahrain, Miscellaneous |Tags: exercise, Navy, Saudi, swimming
Yes, that’s right. You read the title correctly.
The pool has challenges every month. This month’s is swim the distance from Bahrain to Saudi Arabia (we just call it Saudi) during the month of April. The distance is 20,000 meters, which is 400 laps.
I signed up today. Already I have done 1500 meters. And that’s just in one day. I put a ticker on this blog so everyone can keep track of my progress (and help keep me motivated). Look at the bottom of the sidebar to see the ticker. Only 18500 meters to go!
Tuesday, April 21st 2009 at 18:44 |
Hey, Rachel! How is the swimming going? Sorry I didn’t comment earlier, been a little busy.
Good luck!!!
Tuesday, July 14th 2009 at 05:30 |
Hello Rachel,
Nice Blog. I used to live in Doha, Qatar, 2002-2004. I am now USN Retired as of 15 months ago. I know what it is like to be a middle east expat. I do miss the shwarma, falafal, and the”‘road chicken” stands.
Cheers,
Scott
PS,
I do have a question that I hope you can help me with…What is the meaning of the term Memlika Al ansaneea.
I know Memlika means Kingdom, and insania (pronounced “eensaneea”) can mean humanity…can you check with your Arabic teacher to find out if there is a difference between the pronunciation “eensaneea” and” aansaneea?”
thanks in advance for your help.
Allah ye barik feeki.