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Travel Blogs from Khasab, Oman
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Musandam Peninsula - Arabia's Fjordland.
This is a top pick! ... tip of Arabia, and quite close to Iran, is a land of beautiful fjords or khors as they are known in Oman. It is so close to Iran that Khasab port is used to smuggle US cigarettes into Iran in return for goats via small speed boats. We saw some ...
Day 1 - Kayak Trip Step #1 and Long Sand Beach
... 15:30 after having a quick lunch. Paddling We paddled out the Khasab bay toward Sham bay. We paddled for about 1h30. Marco taught us how to kayak and gave us some ...
Day 6 - Day hike in Wadi Qadah
We woke-up around 06:30, breakfast was at 07:15 and then at 08:00 we took the minibus to Wadi Qhada (or also called Qadi or Qidah) For the ones who wonder, a Wadi is a valley or ravine, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season becomes ...
Day 3 - Sibi and Sibi Island
... inhabitant of Sibi village, came to meet us and greeted us. Actually Marco had already met him the week before in Sibi and Khasab. Sa* proposed that we come and have coffee with the inhabitants after lunch. We had lunch in the shade. Sa* actually ...
Day 2 - Sham Island and Maqlab
Woke up around 07:00. We had a good night under the stars even if a bit windy. At 07:00, Sun had obviously already risen for a long time. Breakfast, packing, loading and we left around 08:45 to enter Sham bay. Entering the bay, we passed by a group of ...
Day 1 - Short night sleep
We arrived around 08:30 in Khasab at the Esra Hotel Apartments. Because of the (very) late arrivals at the airport of some, breakfast time was delayed from 09:00 to 11:15 so that we could have a quick ...
Days 1-5 - Kayak Trip Maps
... mapping of the narrowest part of the narrow isthmus which joins the Musandam peninsula to the main promontory of Northern Oman. A geophysical (sparker) reconnaissance survey was made of the inlets, and archaeological sites were examined." In Vol. ...
Day 4 - Sibi, Telegraph Island, Maqlab, and Nazifi
Around 04:45, the first prayer on the loudspeakers of the village woke us up! But we went back to sleep until around 06:30. M* recorded the prayer: // Sound to come Some of us went to the village to fill our bottles of fresh water: // Sound to ...
Day 5 - Clown Fishes on the Way Back to Khasab
... was a perfect spot to have fun with the kayaks. Then it was the final stage of our kayak trip, heading back to Khasab port where everything had started. Because of the wind on the beam, it was once again sports with waves coming across. Back at ...
Boat trip in the Ormuz Fjords
... system" on the boat. After a bit of organisation, there were 30+ people joining. The drive from Dubai to Khasab, the main town in that part of Oman, was only a few hours, but passing the border and waiting for a car which had gone to the main part of ...
Dhow cruise in the Musandam Peninsula
It was an early start as our convoy of 25 people and 7 4WD's headed north towards Oman. Our destination was Khasab Harbour in the Musamdan Peninsula (Oman) for a day of dhow cruising around the Khors (Islands). We were to be there for a 9.30 ...
Camping and beachbumming in the Hajar Mountains
After the boat trip many people were going back to Dubai, but I had planned to stay with Canadian Graham, Polish Jan, and Aussie Ella. We had Graham's jeep to go around, and more importantly Graham himself, who had already been exploing a fair bit of the ...
Taking a ferry from Muscat to Khasab
... said the seas were too rough. Pansies! So we were stuck inside the ferry for the rest of the trip. The ferry did not dock in Khasab until 9:00 (one hour late). The outside air was pretty hot after being in super AC for 6 hours. We got back on a small bus ...
Musandam
Area: Musandam Peninsula is the northern tip of UAE but in Omani territory that is separated by UAE from the mainland Oman. Khasab is the main town in this area that boasts the highest mountain of this area i.e. 2200m called as Jebel ...
Asea with Me
I slept like a baby. At least, I slept like a baby who had, the night before, consumed way too much champagne and way too much wine. My bar bill is going to be significant. With my balcony door wide open overnight allowing the sounds of the sea to make ...
Quick Khor Visit
The drive along the Musandam coast to Khasab was gorgeous! It was amazingly beautiful---the highway hugged the coast between the mountain cliffs and the sea, and every once in a while there would be a small village or a seaside beach (public). This ...
Dhow Cruise
... another resort (the only other one being the Golden Tulip Resort a couple of miles west of Khasab. Too bad---one of the best things about Oman is that it hasn’t yet been totally overdeveloped and tourist-ized like many Western nations. ...
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