It is quite clear that Karen will have to do her usual magic and come up with virtual abayas for all of the LCT ladies who will not be with us on CAMEL.

The gents may wear appropriate Lawrence of Arabia garb, even though it does not appear to be required by the religious police in Saudia Arabia. I certainly intend to find an excuse to wear such an outfit - at a certain age, a loose-fitting full-length robe (with the added attraction of an elaborate head-covering that conceals any receding hairline) has a very distinct attraction, no??

Yikes, it may make sense to just move to Saudia Arabia (except for the gay thing, oops!!).

We certainly hope to send everyone SeaMail from CAMEL, assuming that we're not all arrested by the religious police because Suzette decides to do a pole dance at the Grand Mosque in Jeddah. "Suzette, dearest, that is not a dancing pole - it is a sacred water cleansing fountain at the third most holy site in all of Islam!!"

Hmm, on second thought, I think we'll take a separate tour from our sweet dancer from Orinda.

Thinking good thoughts about abayas and baklava,

Cheers, Fred