Whirlwind Week

We had a completely random but busy week over there.  I'm not even sure how to pretend the pieces fit together, so I'm resorting to a numbered list.

1. I took a super quick trip to the Netherlands this week.  Seeing fall weather was a dream come true.  I had goosebumps multiple times and felt raindrops.  Oh how I miss seasons.  

And it is already Christmas in Amsterdam.  Thank you.

2. When I returned to Doha I jumped for joy because I didn't immediately break into a sweat.  The weather changed overnight.  Right away I ran to my closet and put on my boots.

Doha weather:

3. People hibernate during the summer heat, so we are busy socializing again.  We celebrated the Marine's birthday and thought lots about Greg.

Now, I need to go pack my bag because we are off to celebrate a great couple getting married.

It's a Circus!

How is it already November?  When did that happen?  We finished October strong with some running...

And of course Halloween.  Our costumes were inspired by our trip to Sri Lanka.

Happy birthday Haley and Grandma Jones.  We are celebrating with you in spirit.

Maldives

Since visiting one new country didn't seem like enough, we stopped in the Maldives on the way back from Sri Lanka.  It was a wise decision.

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It seems logical that getting to paradise involves riding in a sea plane. 

Exploring the island didn't take long since it only took 15 minutes to walk around the perimeter, but we kept busy exploring the world under the crystal clear water.

 

Night time snorkeling:

Now we are back in Qatar reality.  Go Royals and happy Halloween yall! 

Central Sri Lanka

The second half of our Sri Lanka journey was spent near the center of the island.  Our next stop was in the mountains near Nuwaraeliya (and our favorite part of the trip).

Tea Plantation:

Can you spot the tea plantation workers picking leaves?

 

 

The scenery really changed as we approached Kandy.

We put on some new attire to blend in and enjoyed the city.

Cultural Dance Show:

Kandy Botanical Gardens:

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple:

Happy birthday Kaleigh.  I am so excited for this next year.

Sri Lankan Coastline

This past week was the holiday Eid al-Adna and we celebrated our favorite way by traveling.

We hopped over to Sri Lanka.

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Our adventure started in Colombo with stops at all the highlighted locations:

The first part of our journey followed the coastline resulting in sand between our toes and interesting stops.

Then we veered from the coastline and headed to Yala National park for a safari.

 

More pictures of Sri Lanka to follow but this seems like an overload for now.

Happy birthday to our Dads.  We are celebrating in your honor.  Hope you have great birthdays.