Pictures of Around Camp

As promised, here are some pictures of what it's like around camp.  I took these in the car on the way home from Latif, so you can see the dirt on the windows on some.  (Sorry!) 

I tried to get a picture of a jebel, which is a big rock hill sticking up out of the desert, but of course just as I took the picture, we drove in front of a couple of trees. 

There is another jebel behind these trees. You can walk and climb on jebels, and everywhere else is so flat that when you are up there, you have a good view.

A typical street on camp.  This part of camp is called Main Camp, because it is the original and oldest part of the community.  It was started in the 30s.  We live in another part of camp which was built in the 80s, and it is called The Hills, short for Dhahran Hills. 

On our way from Main Camp to the Hills, we pass this park called the Duck Pond.  It's a fairly large green space. 

On the other side of these trees is the pedestrian path that goes from the Duck Pond to the Hills.

Pipelines are buried on camp.  Not sure what is in the pipes.  Oil?

The main road in the Hills.

Here is where we turn to get to our little neighborhood.

Going into our part of the Hills.

Here is our corner.  Our house is on the right.

Home again!

After we got home, we went back out to the Commissary.  Here is the parking lot for the Com (for short).  It is also the parking lot for the Al Mujamma (rhymes with pajama) building.  Al Mujamma has the mail center, the barber shop, the bank, and a big fish tank that the kids love. 

More parking lot.  We are walking to the Com.  It's a long way.

The Com is very far from the parking!  We are still walking, and the Com is the building behind the white pickup truck.  See the corner with the blue writing?  That's it. 

Sidewalk to the Com. 

We are not allowed to take pictures on camp at all, but especially not inside where people are more aware.  I didn't dare take any pictures inside, but it looks like a small, outdated grocery store.