I have finally converted!

I know you all have been waiting patiently for this picture! Ok, no, the heat hasn't gotten to me. I really haven't converted to Islam. We just finally got around to visiting the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. This is one of the few mosques that you can actually go into and see, and it was absolutely beautiful. In order to go into it, though, women have to have their wrists, ankles, and hair covered (and everything in between of course). Apparently, wrists are offensive. Who knew! So for about an hour, as we toured the mosque, I had to put a head scarf on. As you can see, I haven't mastered my technique of the head scarf, but with several visitors coming in the next month and a half, I suspect that I will have more time to practice. The mosque was definitely a must see, if for some reason you ever make it to this side of the world. As you would suspect, the women's prayer room was fairly simple, but the men's prayer room was a vision. It contains the world's largest Persian rug, and one of the biggest chandeliers I have ever seen.