Best Western Rusayl Hotel Muscat

... La Gomera, Lanzarote and Tenerife), the Greek Islands (Corfu, Crete, Santorini, Mykonos, Skiathos and Rhodes) the Red Sea Riviera (Sharm el Shiekh, Hurghada and Taba Heights) the Arabian Gulf (Dubai, Oman, Qatar and Abu Dhabi), the Indian ...

... Forces museum, which is housed in a refurbished fort, With our own uniformed army soldier who spoke little English, and our driver to translate, we learned lots about the history of Oman, its present Sultan and armed forces, fascinating, and beautifully presented, All with English translations so our two guides were lovely to have but not entirely needed. Outside along with many vehicles, planes, boats etc, was the Sultans first armoured car, a 70's Cadillac, with ...

... there was a menu, we asked for the lunch special, which included about 6 different dishes (lentils, vegetables, dahl, etc), rice, and nan bread. While we ate, the waiter came over with pots of more food and filled up our plates. I think we ended up getting three additional helpings. With a bottle of water, I think the total came to 2.6 Omani Riyals or about $7.20 for both of us. We will certainly go back another time.

... peu apprécié dans les relations sociales, en a témoigné l'épisode "âba-Esfahan"). La couleur, la vie de ces femmes dont on a decidé de consacrer par la loi une infériorité organique (sic) sont d'autant plus éclatantes à côté de ces iraniens dont les timides regards sont souvent illuminés au passage de quelques unes d'entre Elles. Précieuse révélation nocturne (la nuit tombée, on croise bien moins de femmes alors que les ...

... wasn't there.  Luckily, there was a car available that was an automatic so off Anita and I went in the dark to find our hotel.  Thrifty had no map and that guy really had no clue where we were staying but we had a map and general directions.   Finally we found it!  Our room was there and that was a good thing!  By this time, we were tired and ready for bed.

... Hundreds of dolphins were swimming around the ocean, feeding and playing. It was an extraordinary sight and one that will stay with me for a very long time. Nature in its true form. On the way back in to shore we went along the coast and took in Al Mirani Fort and Al Jalali Fort, both guarding the harbour. Al Mirani Fort has a story about it, which I read in the Lonely Planet. It goes along the lines of a Portuguese ...

... is cropped by donkeys. The one we saw was rather tame in comparison, but very common. I had read of a short road trip from Muscat into a wadi inland so we decided to give it a go and headed off to Wadi Mayh. The instructions in Muscat are charming - 'turn left at the Dolphin roundabout' - if you can find the right roundabout you are set. The city, in fact all of the country that we saw, has a love affair with roundabouts, and each one has something in the middle ...

The first rays of the sun woke me up. I had slept for who knows how long and I was feeling better. After breakfast, which included more pita bread (I'm so sick of pita bread!) it was back to Rum for the first bus to Aqaba. Rachel and I had an 11:59 p.m. flight to catch in Amman and we wanted to ensure that we didn't miss it. Aqaba is Jordan's hedonistic Red Sea town and only a stone's throw away from Egypt. Of course, we didn't know that at the time and ...

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 that was quite scenic. It was a great couple days.

... only 1 - 2 turtles ultimately live. Most turtles babies are eaten on beach by foxes or eagles, even if they are successful in reaching sea water, they are eaten by bigger fishes. So ultimately 1 or 2 survive. These turtles actually travel different places like Maldives, Thailand and even Australia and return back to the exact places back even after 4 years. The ranger also told us that temperature is important in determining the sex of babies, like 28 deg produces all males ...