Best Western Rusayl Hotel Muscat

... Of course. And his flight was Fukuoka-Seoul-Dubai with the first airline being Korean Air, who apparently don't charge a ridiculous amount for excess baggage so in the end he only paid 7000yen. *******. I bet he cried too and just didn't tell me. <br><br>When I finally met up with Oli in Dubai airport I was cranky, exhausted and overjoyed to see him. As I said, I am NEVER traveling alone again. I need travel support! Our final flight was Dubai-Muscat and I passed out through most of ...

... tiny terraced fields, stone built houses clinging to the cliff, and even a football pitch straddling the road. There was one particularly beautiful spot where a collection of houses overlooked a date palm grove, with lush grass beneath and small standings of corn growing next to the wadi. Just beyond, where a spring appeared from under the bare rock face, a small damn held a pool of water, the reservoir for every home further down the wadi. From here on up it was a ...

At sea. We are now traveling from Cochin to Muscat and another beautiful day at sea. The sea is glassy and the sun has yet to get too hot. We gained another hour last night which is amazingly civilized, and having had our daily three lap very brisk walk of the promenade deck(one mile) , we feel a bit of sitting on the balcony and trying to catch up with the reading is in order. We have not included too much in ...

... up at the right time for us.   Neighbour had a friend round for tea who lived a few doors further down. Her daughter goes to F's school and is also in Reception. They enjoy camping and 4x4ing so there is a social circle already. They are South African and have been in Oman for three and a half years; we had a good chat about the state of South Africa and where it is heading. I told her I wanted to go back and she ...

My previous post may have sounded a little fractious, but all it takes to ease the tension is to get out and about. In the afternoons when all the government offices are closed and there are no queues to join there are parks, mountains, beaches and the ocean to remind me of why we decided to come here. Unfortunately, not every excursion is a complete success. Take for example my first foray on to the beach in a 4x4. There I was in ...

... Muslim country. Men and women never mix, with women in particular moving in large groups between shops while the men while away the evening socialising in cafes. While taking in the sight of women shuttling past covered head to toe in by their burqa's and carrying shopping bags, we commented that it reminded us of a Halloween evening at home. It's a sight we still have to get accustomed to and will have plenty of opportunity to do so over the coming weeks.

... with 4 camels sitting in the back watching the world go by - racing camels travelling in style - but although we kept a lookout for them the road was disappointingly camel free. You do see the occasional camel farm though which consist of a collection of date palms, a few fenced pens and tents or make-shift dwellings. The road travels past a 4WD playground with tracks scarring the dunes and a place to hire dune buggies, both popular weekend and tourist activities ...

... wreaked by the Cyclone, and let me tell you it was all very sad. I saw trees buried in the sand and roads sunk into the sea and homes destroyed. My friends were very eager that I take pictures of everything, so I'm going to shortly set up a second entry on this topic as I can't do it justice here in the middle of my really long story. Unfortunately, Muhammad was expecting company later that night; his friend from Saudi Arabia was ...

... jsem nekolik hotelu a cena jaksi stejna 840Kc za noc. Trosku zmena po Indii, ale byla jsem pripravena. K videni tu nic extra nebyla, trznice s rybami -zraloky, tunaky, krevety, rejnoci a spol., nabrezi, sultanuv palac - nepristupny, muzeum. To bylo zajimave, alespon neco jsem se dozvedela o historii zeme, odevech a spercich. V obchodech se tu prodavalo tolik zalata a masivniho, ze to jsem jeste nevidela. Muzi chodili v tradicnich - nocnich kosilich bud s turbanem ...

... me for at least half of yesterday. If I wasn't with Todd, I would not have been let in the country! As a tourist, lone females, and females traveling together are not allowed to cross the land borders without a male. What is that about?? In fact, I was supposed to get a different stamp than Todd, but the passport control agent made a mistake and gave me the "male" one. Needless to say, his supervisor wasn't pleased, and maybe this is the start of the women's lib movement in Oman!