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- Muscat
- Capital
- Rial Omani (OMR)
- Currency
- 2,622,198
- Population
- OM
- Country Code
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Sur
Travel Blogs from Sur, Oman
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Picking up two Omani hitchhikers!
This is a top pick! ... and lush vegetation. It would have been nice to hike through this wadi but as it was getting late, we decided to head to Sur and find a place to sleep. We arrived into Sur and called the only 3 hotels in town. We found one that was the ...
Unforgettable experience with the green turtles!
This is a top pick! ... all of them to look so new and clean. We went to Pizza Hut (yes, they even have Pizza Hut in Oman!!) and ordered a pizza to go and headed out of Sur on our way to Ras Al Jinz. We stopped along the corniche and watched the locals bathe in the ocean ...
Wahiba Sands
... and health care. Omanis don't need a lot of money to get by but they still have to work to make a living. Here in Oman, contrary to most places in the Middle-East, you feel like the people are ordinary down-to-earth people. And that allows for great ...
Taking the coast road back.
... across the water. Next was the coast road back to Muscat. The Sur-Muscat road is one of the best known off-road journeys in Oman, but, sadly, they were in the midst of paving it and converting it into a four-lane tollway, which is a great loss. Despite ...
Where the gaint turtles lay their eggs.
Ras al Jinz is located about three hours away driving south of Muscat. The place is world famous for the giant green turtles who come lay their eggs on the beach. They come once a year and the season last for about a month. We were right in the nesting ...
First Camping Adventure.
... about their preparations for another BBQ and blissful night around the camp fire. It was a fantastic introduction to camping on Oman. Unfortunately as we head towards April the rising temperature means the beach camping season is not with us for long. ...
Crazy Hamid and a night in the desert
... Shams a few days ago) and his girl-friend as they came down the wadi. It’s a small world in Oman! This is my second night at the Sur Beach Hotel, quite civilised, and as the name suggests right on the beach. My room has a balcony overlooking the ...
Craziest Mountain Road Ever to the Turtle Beach
... places in Oman that makes Dhow’s (the traditional Omani trading ships made out of wood). In fact, the traditional died out in Oman so now Indians come over and do the building. None of the boats have a drawn out plan as everything is done with the ...
Travelling Day 1
... at check-in because we somehow managed to miss the fact that we were supposed to get an Indian Visa before entering Oman (because our flight out of Oman is to India)... After a while of being held while they called through to embassies and we ...
Sur, Ancient Omani port
Sur has been a port on the Omani coast for at least 2,000 years, and has been a center for boat-building for much of that time as ...
Up the Wadi
Today drove to Tiwi and Wadi Shab (a wadi is one of the numerous river valleys). We walked up this amazing ravine with pools and high rocks either side,eventually coming to a lovely pool which we swam in. The water was a perfect temperature. We had ...
Well India's off the agenda then...
... time in Oman to try and get visas for only a 5 day stay in India, we will get to spend an extra couple of days in both Oman and Nepal. India will definately be done at some point, and properly next time - for at least a month if poss - but it may have to ...
Wadis, turtles and Dhows
... exciting to be on the beach at night time and the children loved seeing the turtles. They have talked about this above anything else in Oman. There were three turtles that night on the beach - the guide said on the way back from the beach that we had been ...
Turtles!!! Wadi walking, and Sur sunset...
... all that really needed sorting with our travels. Our luck with it all has finally changed and we are booked onto a flight from Oman to Delhi on Sunday 2nd Oct and then that same day another flight from Delhi to Kathmandu. Also my hard drive with lots ...
Wadi Shab, painting, and packing to go...
... , and today we've just been to the gym and had a swim. Now its time to pack up and start saying our Good Bye's to Oman... We leave Sur at 4pm this afternoon, pick up dad from work, drive to Muscat for supper and then get to the airport at about 10.30pm. ...
Sur, Where's That ?
The University sent me in a taxi throught the desert to what looked like a deserted town or village. This was Sur. A step back in time. I asked the 'driver' so..where is the town. Is this it? I don't see anything I said...where are the ...
Muscat to Sur
Today we travelled down the coast from Muscat to Sur through the mountains and on to the coastal plain. The infrastructure is amazing – huge road building sitting side by side with tiny primitive villages. We drove through the old town of Quriyat ...
A day in Sur
... were happy for us to watch, making sure we were standing in the right place so we could see. We then went to the boatyard in Sur and watched the men at work on the big dhows. Truly amazing – they don't work with any plans and the boat is built ...
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