Country Info
- Muscat
- Capital
- Rial Omani (OMR)
- Currency
- 2,622,198
- Population
- OM
- Country Code
Oman Slideshow
Oman
Travel Blogs from Oman
Seeking Cooler Climes
... was no sun shining, it was a cloudy, misty day. Why? Because it is the Kareef Season in the Dhofar regional of Oman (also known as monsoon season). The months of July and August are cool, wet and very green and the GCC nationals and ...
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 ...
Sultan Qaboos Mosque - The Grand Mosque
Trina and I slept in this morning before eating yet another leftover buffet and egg breakfast. Checking out, we drove to the Sultan Qaboos Mosque. Having to cover up with long ankle length skirt, long sleeve shirt and a veil covering our hair ...
Transit in Oman
I had just transit in Oman with my family and Galileo tour travel. Just info: The different of time in Oman and Indonesia, Time of Oman is 3 hours later than Indonesia (WIB). When I would go to Indonesia in my arrival. Trip to my country (Indonesia) was ...
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
... 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 that was quite scenic. It was a great ...
1st day of Oman Adventure
... . Pooja and I packed and we put all the bags in Hilal’s 4x4 to head out for our first official day of outdoor Oman. I bought this excellent book called "Off-road Oman" and had been reading it for several days to get ...
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 ...
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 ...
From the highest roads in Oman to ancient tombs
... you had chewed your food so much that it tasted gummy. From here we filled up the tank and headed for the highest road in Oman. After 12 km on the Jabal Shams road we reached the town of Al Hamra which had nothing of ...
Crashing Waves, bad service & relaxing in Salalah
Although daylight hits around 5 in the morning, our crew did not get out of the tent until around 8:30. Since the monsoons are going to hit this area soon, the morning clouds had covered us in the morning. So no direct sun in the ...
Easy morning then long drive back to Hilal’s
... Late morning wake-up. We were in no hurry to make it back to Hilal's house as we had no worried driving in the dark in Oman any more. I did a little packing and made it to the restroom before the boys could go crazy in there. For most of the morning I ...
A weekend to Oman
... . After the road from Dubai to Oman, this road was well developed with houses and businesses all around. Still not much traffic as Oman only has a population of 3 million. With a little oil money coming in, Oman has more roads than cars. So unless you are ...
Mosque, Meetings, and More
... 2 nights/3 days. Toward the end of the day, we attended a very interesting meeting organized by OMRAM, Oman's quasi government development agency. They assist and facilitate development projects in the country, including promoting tourism. They held ...
Road Trip!!!!! - to Salalah
Earliest wake-up of the trip (4:30) and we were on the road by 5:00. The sun was not up but it was light outside. Pooja and I took two of Hilal's boys (Hamid and Yousif) for the trip. We took the Pajero 4x4 since we might do some ...
Shopping Day in Muscat
... leave on Wednesday for the 5 hour trip. The tickets are about $55 a piece (air tickets were $110). Plus we get to see the Oman from the sea. It should be pretty cool. Then we went to Ruwi (which is the Central Business District of Muscat) so Yahil could ...
Morning trip to Muscat
... crash in the rocky ground with a huge thud and get up without crying at all – no overprotection or helicopter parents in Oman. No allergies either. These are sturdy kids who know how to take care of themselves – I remember that when I was a ...
Another Palace and Stuff
... keep our government going. It’s a joke. Only the joke is on us. What is so obvious from our visit to the UAE and Oman is their apparent prosperity. Yep, the sheik of Dubai had to borrow a billion or so from another sheik to finish the tallest ...
From beach to mountains to the sandy desert
... an hour and I got in a little bit of typing. From here we drove northwest back into the interior of Oman through some desert. Hilal and I got out of the car to take some close-up pics of some camels on the way to the next ...
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
... into was a tourist souk(market) with all kinds of souvenirs of Oman. The main things are the curved knives called khanjars. Also popular in Oman is gold and silver and rugs. Some of the shop keepers tried to get me to come in but there was no way I am ...
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
... our tour operator. We drove down to the Marina. We boarded a speed boat and headed out on The Gulf of Oman to do a spot of dolphin watching.....we were not disappointed. Hundreds of dolphins were swimming around the ocean, feeding and ...
A small drive to Muscat & around
... a Lulu’s Hypermarket from the road and went in to buy a bug zapper for Hilal’s home. One of the few problems in Oman is the amount of flies (which might come from the fact of all the trash lying around). From here we drove just outside Muscat ...
Camping in the sands to a restful day @ house
... TV while talking to all their friends. Since they did not make any juice I had a Mountain Dew which is very popular here in Oman. We reached their at halftime of the Paraguay Japan World Cup match. It was tied 0-0. When it got darker in the 2nd half the ...
Idling in an Idyll
... we were thrilled. Kym and I immediately declared "we're not going anywhere". In that moment our plans to explore Oman a little further evaporated. Kym was quickly to the water's edge and a fine bream was caught, followed by a large ...