Henna and HOT, HOT, HOT!!!!

Well, since the country is in the middle of celebrating Eid Mubarak, there are all kinds of things happening at the malls. So I went to the Kalidiyah Mall. As I enter, there is a tent set up where a gentleman is serving dates and tea. I say "no thank you" to the tea since he was re-using the cups after others drink from them. Inside the tent, are 2 women in abayas with the sheila on thier heads. They were drawing Henna tattoos on people for free. So, I decide to go for it. I LOVE it!!! I will definitely do it again.

The art of using Henna has been around for many years. Henna leaves are crushed and water added to create a paste which will stain the skin for approximately 1 week. Some people with sensitive skin can have difficulty.

Being very careful not to photograph the woman, she is using henna in a tube with small opening. Similar to the tip that may be on a pastry bag. The opening was very tiny.

Henna goes on wet and is not painful. However, it stinks!!! The wet henna dried in about 30-45 minutes depending on how thick it was. Once it was dry, it flaked off and was an orange color on my skin.

This is how the henna tattoo looked this morning. It is more brown than orange.

HOT, HOT, HOT!!!! Walked down to the beach this morning to take a picture with Shon and Christine. There was a board of information near the entrance to the beach. It gave random information like the temperature, water temperature, humidity and other random things. Only a few things were interesting...The temperature was 49C which is 120F with humidity at 85%. That is the reason we were POURING sweat. Literally, soaked by the time we got back to the hotel. This is by far the hottest day since I've been here!!!!!!