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Nizwa Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Nizwa, Oman
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Rained out in Nizwa
This is a top pick! ... 12 years to build and its famed for its 40m tall round tower. We climbed to the top and we had a spectacular view of Nizwa, it was disappointing to only have a disposable camera, which didn't take such great photos. We didn’t go to the ...
Bargaining with Cabbies
... to be so lazy and actually see some of the country. We headed back to the Ruwi bus station and took the early bus to Nizwa. Nizwa was about two hours from Muscat and is known for its several century old for as well as its palm tree studded mountains. ...
Drive to the top
I hit Nizwa, a town in the mountainous inland part of Oman (to distinguish it from the mountainous coastal part) at night, well after dark. So it wasn't really until the next morning that I really knew where I was. Mountains dotted the horizon as I drove ...
Nizwa
... Two girls arrived and luckily there were just TWO seats left. Meaning I didn't have to sit in the aisle as I'd been thinking I might. Nizwa was very nice, we visited an Old Portugese fort from the 1600's and had a nice walk around the Sooq. I did a ...
Eid and Nizwa Fort
... up and had breakfast at the hotel. Luckily there was lots of coffee as I desperately needed some of that.:-) Once we had eaten, Nizwa Fort was our destination for the day. Mubina said it was amazing to see and that the Souk was good for shopping. ...
Trip to Wadi Mistal and Ghubrah Bowl
Most of the expats went "Wadi Bashing" on the weekend with their families. Wadi is basically the Arabic name for canyons or dry river beds. Everyone would get in their four wheel drives and head off on the rocky tracks to see the country's beautiful ...
The Simple Life
... most towns). And there is supposedly good diving near the islands south of Muscat. Also, I met some people who flew via Dubai or Abu Dhabi and were able to stay a few days there too. But they all liked Oman more - more interesting & more to ...
Everything closes on Friday, ex. for ruins & wadis
... plans changed yet again that I was not prepared for. Now it would be Pooja and I and a few of the kids going around Nizwa, the old capital of Oman. It took forever to get going as Pooja was on-line with some friends for the first time in a while (since I ...
Forts
... centre for teaching Islamic law, medicine and astrology. The furnishings are very minimalist and it has a peaceful feel. Back to Nizwa for a spot of lunch and then visited Nizwa Fort, which was built in the 1600's to protect the carvan routes, ...
On to Nizwa
Rose early and took some more photos of the ranch. Today drove the 190k to Nizwa across mostly flat scrubby plain dotted with acacia trees until we got to Nizwa which is at the foot of a mountain range. We booked into the Al Diyar hotel - nice ...
Fort fort fort fort
... well. We’re not quite sure why that was so critical, other than as a resource-management function. We learned that Nizwa was central to the indigo trade and watched a video demonstrating the old techniques. We saw more jewelry and displays showing ...
Western Hajar Mountains
... ) and 3.5 hours from Al Hamra (an average speed of only 12 mph across the mountains), I cleared Wadi Bani Awf and reached the Oman 13 junction at 3:46 p.m. I’ve never been so happy to see asphalt! :-) The sign at the junction read: “Muscat 156 ...
The Nizwa Fort and the dish dash boys
As recently as 1950, Wilfred Thesiger was forced to steer clear of Nizwa; his Bedouin companions were convinced that he wouldn't survive if discovered in the town. By coincidence, Patrick and Jake, made an attempt at passing for locals in Nizwa. ...
House camping
... I have lived in it my entire life. I am realizing, though, that nothing is more beautiful than green. The mountains in Nizwa were incredible. I don't know quite how to describe them, and no picture does them justice. But, they were brown and dead ...
Wahiba Sands and Jebel Shams
... up the calm of the place. It would be a brilliant spot for climbers to stay and is probably relatively unclimbed since there were no adventure companies for the area. On to Nizwa and the Al Diyar hotel which has the coldest swimming pool in the world. ...
Wadi Bani Khalid (16-17/10)
... easy to moon when you got this looong white suit!! It’s lot of fabric to handle. It was quite late when we arrived to Nizwa and we couldn’t find a nice hotel so we just parked the bike on a small hill and slept under the bare sky. We got ...
Saiq Plateau
... Muscat, I hit the road for Oman's interior, stopping first at 1:42 p.m. at Al Bustan restaurant for lunch along the freeway to Nizwa. I ate ginger chicken and drank a Coke. My bill was 1.700 rials ($4.42). Departed the restaurant at 2:26 and drove along ...
Retour à la civilisation
Sur le retour sur Nizwa, on s'est privatisé une bagnole entre nous. T’as branché ton MP3 et on chante des chansons françaises. En plus, on ne met pas la clim. Il fait plus chaud dans la bagnole que dehors. Alors quand un chauffeur nous voit ...
Three forts and a souk
... well. We’re not quite sure why that was so critical, other than as a resource-management function. We learned that Nizwa was central to the indigo trade and watched a video demonstrating the old techniques. We saw more jewelry and displays showing ...
In the mountains of Oman
Wakan is situated at 2000 metres above sea level in the mountains about 3 hours from Muscat. It is a magical place of fertile fields and orchards set on steep mountain slopes in otherwise very barren surroundings. ...
Green Mountain
... fellows. In fact, an abandoned village already shows signs of one day disappearing altogether. 2 avril 2013, Al Jabal Akhdar Al, Oman Notre dernière visite est à la "montagne verte" ... en haut, en haut, jusqu'à 2200m d'altitude. C'est tellement ...
Forts and Souks
... well. We’re not quite sure why that was so critical, other than as a resource-management function. We learned that Nizwa was central to the indigo trade and watched a video demonstrating the old techniques. We saw more jewelry and displays showing ...
Old houses
Still at Nizwa. Drove to a village called Tanuf – the old village is in ruins and a new one has grown up beside a water bottling plant. The ghost town is a reminder of the 1950's when some of the inland sheiks were trying to gain dominance of the ...
Jabal Al Akhdar, hotelli Sahab ja Nizwa
... myyntiin jna. Alueella on myös karjatori, missä eilen oli karjamarkinat, nyt se on tyhjä. Kaupoissa myydään turistimatkamuistoja. Nizwa on vanha tunnettu hopeakauppapaikka ja käyrät, lyhyet omanilaiset "tikarit" , janbiya- tikarit ovat täältä. ...
This past week + Nizwa/Jabal Shams
... and also one of the first times we had really fresh vegetables. You never appreciate salad until someone takes it away for too long... Nizwa. Yesterday morning we got up early and loaded into 4x4s to drive to Nizwa. It's in the mountains, far from the ...
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