Deciphering squiggle

Now I'm back in Khartoum I found it immensely frustrating to find the layout converted to Arabic script for logging in. I mean, what genius decided to do this to me? I am functionally illiterate in Arabic. It makes you realise what it must be like for the poor sods who can't read or write. I can't speak it either, a trifecta of incompetence in the lingua franca of this country. road signs, menus, you name it, are all indecipherable squiggles to me.

Arabic is written from right to left. This, I have decided, is done purely to confuse people. It is also written bottom to top, just to add a frisson of excitement to it all. It is a language designed for lefties! Now I know why people have been checking me skeef when I pretend to read Arabic newspapers. A favourite pastime of mine when sitting at a cafe. I loved the surprised looks, thinking how impressed people must be with me. It's not because I'm a foreigner who can read Arabic (a rarity), but because I'm a foreigner who can read Arabic backwards (even rarer).

I now know they were wondering why I was such a retard...

Surf report for today is strong Northerly, swell about 2-3cm's with a cross chop.