Sarah's Blog -- Camping in Dibba

Hi everybody! I just got back from camping in Dibba. Dibba is a place in Oman where it is very rocky and there are lots of goats. I had a fun time there. Note from Dad: there are three closely located Dibba's spread across Oman and the two adjacent UAE Emirates -- this link gives you a map and some of the history back to the second millenium BC: Dibba.

We left on Sunday and arrived back on Tuesday. On the way to Dibba we tried to count all of the goats we saw and we lost count at something like 367. There were a lot of goats in Dibba. At the camp we did lots of team building exercises. We got split into tents that had 4-7 people in them.

On the first day we went trekking. It’s like hiking but you hike on loose rock so you have to concentrate a lot. On the second day we went down to the beach and played games. Later that day we went mountain biking and rock climbing. That was fun. I got to the top on the rock climbing wall. That night we had a riddles contest and I won by 24 points! What happened was they asked you riddles. If you couldn’t answer 3 riddles you were out. You got 6 points for a correct answer in 10 seconds.

On the last day we had “leave no trace” in that we learned basic survival skills and how to make a fire. Overall, camp was fun. The food was kind of gross but I like it.