Discovery

Yesterday my friends and I went to the place called Jabreen castle followed by the local village nearby.
There are some snapshots of this trip… :)
When I go outside Muscat, I feel that I am in the fairy tale. Nature in this country is just breathtaking!
Jabreen castle was built by Portuguese around 400 years ago, and [...]

Although I have never been a big fan of beaches, Shatti Al-Qurum (shatti means beach in Arabic) in Muscat is absolutely wonderful, it is my favorite place in the capital of Oman.
I wish I could start and end every day of mine in this place.

For those of you, who are more inspired by literature, this [...]

At Global Leaders Summit in Tunisia I attended the workshop led by the TCS - about diversity on the workplace.
That workshop really sparked a lot of ideas in my head about diversity.
First of all, I again realized (or - reminded myself) that diversity is not only about different cultures. It is easy to say that [...]

I just came back from the round table with the different NGOs operating in Oman.
The round table was held at the American Embassy in Muscat, by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).
Mr. US Ambassador, opening the event, was very happy about the work that all organisations are doing in Oman, and we all were very [...]

I am on my way from Global Leaders Summit 2010 in Tunisia.
It was one of the best AIESEC conferences in my life, and I am extremely grateful to AIESEC that made it possible for me to attend this conference. I also feel big responsibility for bringing the knowledge and experience back to AIESEC in Oman, [...]

It is the second year that I live in a country where Islam is practiced by majority of its citizens. And the second time I observe the holy month of Ramadan and the following Eid holidays. Although this time during Ramadan I was traveling around the world (Congress in Malaysia, then back home to Russia), [...]

In the end of August I attended the biggest international conference in my organization – AIESEC International Congress in Malaysia.
It was the second International Conference I took part during my AIESEC career.
Similar to the previous one, IC in Malaysia reminded me that I am in AIESEC for a reason, and if I am here than [...]

Leaving Pakistan was a real adventure.
In short: my visa got expired and no agency could issue a plane ticket to Oman for me. According to the rules of Ministry of Interior I could overstay in the country for 2 weeks after visa gets expired. An interesting thing though is that I can stay, but not [...]

During my last days in Pakistan I went for a trip to Northern Areas of the country, with Shermi, Andrius, Zhen and Sheeraz. It was a very special vacation, different from what it would have been, had we taken a travel guide or used one of the common routes. Our initial plan didn’t work out [...]

I remember the feeling I once had on 2nd or 3rd day in Pakistan.
I was traveling in a rickshaw (local transport - small decorated moving box:) for the first time, observing sand-color houses, armed guards, crowds of people, and waving flags on the sides, with wide-open eyes and wind in the head.
3 days before I [...]