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Hot! Damn Hot!
... recharge the batteries before hitting the town. Outside the temperature was hot, damn hot! We walked along the Corniche, which sweeps along Muscat Bay towards Riyam Park and the watchtower that is shaped like an incense burner. Arriving at the park ...
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Oh-man
· Muscat, Oman · GMT +4:00hrs Lift off. Lift off I won't say too much about our flight(s) from Mumbai to Muscat apart from the fact that they required us to get out of bed at 4:00am yesterday morning, the earliest we've dragged ourselves out of ...
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Muscat, Oman
Muscat, Oman March 30, 2007 Muscat, Oman, The Heart of Oman; from Arabic masquat means "cliffs". The city is aptly named for the sheer cliffs that form its boundaries. It is a friendly port where centuries-old tradition is pervasive. Muscat is home ...
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Muscat Love
... of the towns that comprises Greater Muscat, Mutrah is the port, but seems more like a small fishing village, with a beautiful corniche running along the gulf and forts standing guard overlooking the buildings. Just a wonderful place; the heart is in the ...
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Return to Muscat
... that time), and nothing really opened up again until 4, so I was adrift. I wound up following the corniche (seaside road) from Mutrah, through old Muscat, and around through communities to Jissah Beach. Located on the other side of a mountain pass from ...
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Dish-dashing around with Muscat-eers
... forte!! We scored 7 out of 10 but Marino from bloody San Marino and his mob won again. Muscat is capital of Oman. However, Muscat is made up from a larger grouping of small towns and communities strung some 40kms along the coast of the Gulf of Oman. The ...
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Two Muscat-teers
... no longer there. Then around to the Marina for some more views of the coast and further along we visited the corniche and stopped to refresh ourselves over a long tall pomegranate juice before combating the Mutrah Souq. At the entrance ...
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On our way again!
... we hailed a taxi to take us to Al Qurm where we were dropped-off outside a restaurant overlooking the eastern end of the Muscat Corniche. Lunch and the chance to cool down was just too tempting! We finished off the afternoon with a leisurely ...
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We love Oman
... departure tax, and plane leaves at 11am. Have 45 minute flight to Dubai, 45 minute wait, then another 45 minute flight to Muscat, Oman. Greg, a friendly Irishman working in the oil industry gets on at Dubai and sits next to us. He lives in Muscat, and ...
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O-man! Muscat is awesome!
... some fellow travellers (flight crew from BA). Then we went for a drive around town before heading to Mutrah for a drive along the Corniche (think of a promenade around a bay and you are on the mark). The Mutrah Souq is also located here, and we would be ...
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