"Oma" Our First House

We were living in Sultanate of Oman in Salalah Municpality.  Life was good and confortable, but it's not so easy to do it, you know! it isn't a free country. I'm from America, I have other religion "catholic" and I'm a latin woman, We have other kind of culture, ideas, belief, food, cloths, everything is different. When you start seeing all the differences beteween cultures and suddenly, you have in front of you a totally different world that you had never seen before, then your mind changes, you must try to understand and learn about this wonderful culture. Of course, in the beginning, I was really scared, I thought Ohhh what hell I'm doing here! and I asked myself "why I had to leave my house, my family and my job, I was alone in distant and strange country, I saw ladies covering their bodies and faces with black dresses, men wearing white tunic. Women without their freedom, without their own lives. However I didn't go back home,  I was living between two cultures, Indian and Arabic culture . Figure out, people from a lot of countries speaking many languages. I couldn't understand neither their language nor their English, My english was not so good, I studied English for 3 years, but I never used it. I was lost and confused, their food was a problem for me, it was really hard to eat so spicy food. But Love moves mountains as well, my husband was there for me!. He was protecting me, He was loving me, He was accepting me as I'm, so I made an effort to adjust myself, and finally I did it! and believe or not I miss Salalah, I remember every difficult and wonderful moment. I think they will be in my mind forever.Ohh God it's really a nice place with beautiful landscapes and very important history. I was very happy there and I know I will go back to Salalah one day.

salalah's photos

A dusk in Salalah	Salalah's sea

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