Country Info
- Muscat
- Capital
- Rial Omani (OMR)
- Currency
- 2,622,198
- Population
- OM
- Country Code
Muscat Slideshow
Muscat
Travel Blogs from Muscat, Oman
Food, Omani Style
... in so many places around the world, I'm surprised I still get shocked at seeing these chains outside the US. Food here in Oman reminds me of what Shira and I saw in Dubai last year. There really isn't anything available at restaurants that can be ...
Muscat, Oman
We made our way across Oman to the capital city, Muscat. It was very spread out with great whitewashed buildings along the seafront. It is home to the Sultan of Oman and his impressive waterfront palace. On route, we travelled through a mountain range ...
Mosque, Meetings, and More
... values, providing economic opportunities to local communities, and creating a market niche that is distinct from other vacation and recreation destinations. Tonight we ate Chinese food served by Indians in Muscat, Oman. Almost like China ...
Shopping Day in Muscat
... Ruwi (which is the Central Business District of Muscat) so Yahil could go pray at the mosque. Although this is considered downtown Muscat, the tallest buildings are only 10 stories high. After prayer we had Yahil pick his lunch place since he did so much ...
Morning trip to Muscat
... here for about an hour and could have stayed longer, but Pooja called and was ready to take Kamala back home. So through the Muscat traffic I went with the handy dandy GPS (it works very well in the cities but not that great outside). Picked up Kamla and ...
Sultan Qaboos mosque (Muscat, Oman)
n 1992 Sultan Qaboos directed that his country of Oman should have a Grand Mosque. A competition for its design took place in 1993 and after a site was chosen at Bausher construction commenced in 1995. Building work, which was undertaken by Carillion ...
Samail to Muscat
... the latest movies and music. After shopping, Hilal checked me into a nice hotel near the Grand Mosque of Muscat. I then met another brother of Hilal and he took me on a small tour of Muscat. It was getting dark by now so the ...
Getting Stuck In Wahiba Sands
The main highlight of today's very long day was going to Wahiba Sands - the desert - in a 4WD vehicle. And, of course, the one I was in got stuck on this large ridge of sand as we were trying to go down a very steep dune. It only took 20-30 minutes to ...
Two Muscat-teers
... pick up 22 cards in one hit. "If you are going to play with fire, you are going to get burnt girl!!" We arrived in Muscat and hired a Nissan Sunny. It was small but enough for our 3 days in Muscat. I navigated us to the Beach Hotel, ...
A small drive to Muscat & around
Another mostly relaxing day. The plan today was to take the entire family to do the once a month shopping trip into Muscat. However, Hilal was busy with many of his jobs so he wanted Pooja and I to go on our own. I had not planned ...
Idling in an Idyll
... ;the Hajar mountains begin to loom near Hatta. Briefly beautiful before the border, then once in Oman the road quickly joins the coast road heading to Muscat and on to Salalah some 1280kms away. This double lane highway is almost boring - you ...
On the Road to Muscat and back
The Road to Muscat and back 25 - 27 October 2007 In late October Kym was summoned to appear in Muscat, Oman, in support of an Aussie businessman and not only was it the weekend, but also his birthday. So we decided to make a trip of ...
Oasis in Oman (...or no socks, no mosque)
... daughter). It was wonderful to spend a few days in a home with family, catching up on news and seeing Muscat through their eyes. They both love Oman, and can foresee staying here, at least until the girls get into their teens. Oman, a Sultanate, ...
Bad Start, But Getting Better
... do it in the relative privacy of a hotel pool area or a 5-star hotel's private beach. :( Muscat is an interesting city and the Sultanate of Oman has a pretty interesting recent history. The much loved Sultan has modernized the country immensely since ...
Arabian Nights
... ; We passed through the Hormuz Straights again and began our slow progress into the Port of Sultan Qaboos, which is near Muscat, Oman, the oldest populated area on the Arabian Peninsula. The port is in the small city of Mutrah. It is a ...
Muttrah..Old City
... museums are closed and most shops close by about noon. We headed out early to the port town of Muttrah, a suburb of Muscat. It has a bowl shaped harbor and seafront of merchant houses and hotels. We walked through the Muttrah souk (market), which ...
O man ... No Bags
... on the KLM flight to Kuwait and Muscat. The flight takes 5 hours to Kuwait, an hour on the ground, and then another 1.5 hours to Muscat. All flights (even to Amsterdam) were about half empty - the trip from Kuwait to Muscat was at best ¼ full. The KLM ...
Shopping Muscat Part II & Fast Food Goose Chase
... and zaged around Muscat and all the crazy circles (and always ending up on the Sultan Qaboos Highway – the only one in Muscat) and a ton of construction diversions. At the place I saw a few other restaurants like Subway & McDonalds. But after ...
Muscat Love
... his pleasure to spend time with me!!!! WHAT!!!! I couldn't believe it for once someone who didn't just want money!! I was very impressed! Muscat was a great stop and in my opinion was 100 times nicer than Dubai! The only bad part was that I forgot to put ...
Hot Day in Muscat
... Geology of the area, ancient settlements, various invaders, the Omani Empire that spread to East Africa, maps of Muscat, modern Muscat, and folk art of Oman. Plus there was a surprising art gallery that had paintings with humans (I thought Muslim art had ...
It's Thursday and Start of the Weekend in Oman
... and Friday is like our Sunday here in Oman. We are doing some work today, but hope to head out later to see some of Muscat. We'll my bags finally showed up last night; I understand they never left Boston. Now I know why the airline is called ...
To land ;
... année, le monde par les pieds en vacances. Le programme a des airs d'oeuvre de toute une vie, j'aime bien l'idee. On commence avec Sciences-Po, annee 3 : Oman. ...
On our way again!
... Being the local Sunday, not much was open so wemissed being able to visit the Museums and art galleries. Nevertheless, Old Muscat was a real delight. The architecture is extremely pleasing to the eye with lots of greenery and colourful flowers ...
Muscat
... . An hour seemed like two. After a while I was able to sleep for another hour before we docked in the port of Muscat, Oman around 8:30AM. We ordered a pot of tea and dressed for the day ashore. Oman is a conservative Islamic country where shorts, or ...
Muscat
... Since we last wrote we have been doing a journey of 13 hours across desert in order to get to the north of Oman and the capital, Muscat. Muscat is an awesome capital which is situated in the mountains by the ocean. The sky has been completely cloud free ...
Muscat
Day 81 – March 26 We left Dubai at 10AM and headed for Muscat, Oman. Like Dubai, this country borders Saudi Arabia and it shares with Yemen the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula. After exiting the strait of Hormuz we sailed southwest in the ...
Muskat
... the show. I went to Raffles for a drink with Carol & Jeff before going to bed early (11.30 pm). 22nd Jan – Muscat, Oman. I have a really sore throat and a cold coming. A lot of people have one on the ship – can’t ...
Oman Where Are We??
... this 4WD afficionado crew, Until we did say, "The roads been washed away", So we turned around, And went back to Muscat town. References in the poem: *Mr Islamabad. Our application for Pakistan visa's were processed in Ankara and just waiting for ...
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 ...