Following the Discover Oman trips, students are requested to make a presentation of their experiences to share with other students and parents. Also, there is a Discover Oman Photography Competition. The best photographs are made into writing cards which TAISM community members are able to purchase. Proceeds from sales of the cards go to charity organizations.
Photo by: Brady Riddle
Solitude
Students during Discover Oman
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These Wahiba Sands are empty After trekking 6 kilometers We set up a lone village, temporary It will be gone tomorrow I look straight forward The sun is setting but on what? I look left Nothing but rolling dunes There might be a village, but not in my sight Behind me, the only noise for miles, us To the right the only village for miles It is not temporary, the house and prized possessions of a happy family Now I know what the sun sets on On a place where thinking can be achieved Where technology’s evils cannot distract you from what is real beauty They are fortunate to live this way No worries… Head and mind clear of all that technology brings They are Pure They are the Bedu I envy them… - Ryan Hood