Live from the Persian Gulf

by GWhang

Here we are... chillin' in the Persian Gulf on Kish Island for our last few days in Iran. Our hotel overlooks the Gulf. Today we all went swimming... Norm, DG and KG walked to the Men's Beach, adjacent to our hotel. Denise and I had to take a taxi to the women's beach about 10 minutes away. Unsure of what we would find and whether or not we would be the only ones on the beach, we enter the locker room inside the area surrounded by a 10 foot fence, change into our bathing suits and walk out onto the beach. There, on the beach were hundreds of women, scantily clad in bikinis and thongs, sunbathing on the beach. We were among the few older women in our one piece bathing suits! Actually, I like the women only beach... no leering men checking me out!!!

The water was perfect in the 95 degree heat... refreshing and buoyant. Later in the afternoon, we vroom vroomed on jet skis... thrilling! And, of course, I did my qigong on the beach! Haven't missed a day while in Iran.