Country Info
- Muscat
- Capital
- Rial Omani (OMR)
- Currency
- 2,622,198
- Population
- OM
- Country Code
Oman Slideshow
Oman
Travel Blogs from Oman
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 ...
Taking a ferry from Muscat to Khasab
... bad as I wanted to go back to the Souk for a few. We said goodbye to Yahil who was very nice to us during our say in Oman. We were in the sitting area for about 30 min. before they said something in Arabic and everyone started to move. So I guess we need ...
Swimming, houses, & a fort
Nice lazy morning with nothing going on. I can't believe how well I sleep on a simple 6 inch mattress on the floor. Hilal was very busy today making preparations for the massive engagement ceremony in town today. Forty couples are ...
Shalala ramalama ding dong
YEAH ITS MY BIRHTDAY!!!!! Well the show last night went very well considering I only had 3 rehearsals!!! YIKES!! But I woke up this morning with a great start I picked up my paycheque! Then I had a delicious breakfast with my friends on the ship.Then ...
On the Road to Muscat and back
... I am making plans...... Our girls are coming for Christmas and we are taking them to the Musandam Peninsula in Oman - Straits of Hormuz territory - where there is meant to be spectacular scenery, good snorkeling and dolphins. They call it ...
Oasis in Oman (...or no socks, no mosque)
... their eyes. They both love Oman, and can foresee staying here, at least until the girls get into their teens. Oman, a Sultanate, is a relatively liberal Middle Eastern country - at least compared to Saudi. It is mostly desert, it's lower portion ...
Bad Start, But Getting Better
... (and much less inviting), lack of a real restaurant, etc was even less than my already low expectations. Unfortunately, hotels in Oman are really expensive and I figured I should not book a really nice hotel because then I might not actually leave it ...
Everything closes on Friday, ex. for ruins & wadis
We were supposed to get up early for our tour of the mighty Green Mountains of Oman with Hilal. But since the party ran so late, nobody got up in time. So plans changed yet again that I was not prepared for. Now it would be Pooja ...
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 major ...
A Prayer for the House then back to Oman
... 8211; at least for a 5 hour drive with a ton of roundabouts. The drive through UAE was all sand desert. As we got close to Oman the mountains came. The longest part of the trip was the border patrol. At the UAE post they had to check all the cars that ...
Muttrah..Old City
... we actually saw him adding beautiful shiny beads to one abaya he was working on. He was from Bangladesh and said he had been in Oman 26 years. He kept patting his chest as he explained his work and we interpreted this to mean that he was the owner of ...
Mucho Forts
... storage for cannon balls, there was a kitchen, courts, royal sitting rooms, fancy baths (for back then), and most important in Oman, a date storage room. The castle part was like a labyrinth with halls here and rooms there. Some of the doorways were quite ...
East of Salalah & Tent Camp on the hills
... rocky so I really needed the airbed to get a good night’s sleep. We cooked some Raman noodles for dinner along with some Chips Oman (really good) and a lemon drink I got in the store. This took awhile as we only had a tea kettle to cook in. After ...
O man ... No Bags
Finally 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 ...
Shopping Muscat Part II & Fast Food Goose Chase
... all around just like I did in Dubai. I got some really cheap T-shirts (half price from the souk and much better quality), Chips Oman (best ever), shisha stuff, & an Omani matt. Just a great store to go to (the French version of a Super Wal-Mart). ...
Muscat Love
Ok so first impression of Muscat not so good. I stepped off the ship and all I smelled was sheep. Turns out the ship docked next to us was a sheep ship try saying that 10 times fast. Then it all went up hill from there. The little village I would call ...
Turtles
... was in Arabic with the translation done by one of the Omani biologists in our party from the Environment Society of Oman (ESO). The rangers mostly patrol the beaches, keeping records of the number of turtle tracks they encounter and also keeping people ...
Hot Day in Muscat
... . This one had a perfect crescent shape with the main port of Oman opposite. In port were two huge container ships brining goods into Oman. There were also a few military ships there too (none to large as the main base is up the coast a bit). The walk was ...
It's Thursday and Start of the Weekend in Oman
... meeting with their staff and folks at an environmental consulting firm, called Five Oceans. EOS is the only non-governmental organization in Oman focused on the environment (the govt has to approve all NGOs here). They are about 2 years old and have about ...
Turtles, Dolphins and Sharks
... headed off in convoy across the Hajar mountains to the east coast of the UAE, an Emirate called Fujairah which divides 2 sections of Oman. We spent 2 nights in Dibba, at a quaint but expensive motel on the beach, mainly because of its location which ...
From huge lunch to desert camp #2
... cooler to keep everything cool from the desert. We did not see much of Hilal this morning as he was very busy with all his Oman jobs (that’s after flying in yesterday from his Dubai job). We packed camping gear in the Pajero (tent, bed, stove, ...
Sand Blasted, washed out road & relax
... a 5 gallon water jug in another, and our two backpacks on the other corners to keep the tent down. Maybe not losing so much weight in Oman was a good idea. If it was just Pooja in the tent who knows where it would be now! The wind also brought in a ton of ...
Damaniyat Islands....
... perspective on some of the reserve's management issues and challenges and to participate with biologists from the Environment Society of Oman (ESO) on some of their scheduled coral reef and turtle monitoring/research activities. On our way out to ...
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. ...
Salalah (Oman)
Salalah (Oman) - 3rd April 2008. We arrived in Salalah at 8 am to a very hot day. We did not book a trip here as we had decided to explore on our own. However we discovered from the ships morning programme that the shuttle buses were ...