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A travel blog entry by hilary_todd

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... what you recognize and what you don’t.

It also ends our time in the Middle East. I have really loved this part of the world, A LOT. I love the food, the culture and the dress, but mostly I have loved the people. Egypt was different though and I don’t tend to put it in the same category as Oman and Jordan. The Islamic nature was more harsh there and the people sometimes less respectful. I still feel sad that we didn’t get to Syria, but it will just have ...

The Sultanate of Oman…my dear

A travel blog entry by bdsaly

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... on a programme of modernization funded by revenue from oil and gas (no shortage of money, our guide informed us), while at the same time trying to maintain a sense of tradition, orderliness and peacefulness. The result can be summed up as the Singapore of the Gulf. People are polite, hospitable and friendly. Strangely, little seems to be known about HM’s private life. One guide told us that he married, but divorced soon afterwords and has no children. Another guide said ...

Muscat, Oman - The Quiet Side of Arabia

A travel blog entry by cessna152

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... shy crabs kept us company as we headed towards the sea. “Let's go to a souk,” suggested Angela. “There's a big one in Muttrah. I feel like doing some haggling.”

Unlike the bazaars of Cairo or Marrakech, Muttrah Souk was much smaller and much more civilized. Of course there were the hawkers, all men, trying to get us to look at their wares, usually touristy trinkets such as frankincense, toy camels, and Khanjars, the curved daggers that are the national ...

Morning trip to Muscat

A travel blog entry by scoonpooh

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... to oil – which is important since it is one of the major industries in the world today. It described how oil is made, how geologist determine where to drill, how the drilling takes place, what to do after oil is found, all the ways oil is brought up to the surface, what are the different types of oil, safety measures (BP could learn from this), and what oil is used for. I was here for about an hour and could have stayed longer, but Pooja called and ...

1st day of Oman Adventure

A travel blog entry by scoonpooh

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... middle of the night – not easy. So Hilal and Mohammed went for their last prayer in the small mosque of the village. After that a short old man from the village invited us for some coffee and dates sitting on a mat in his courtyard. Him and Hilal just talked and talked about everything and just like that became instant friends. The old man had invited Hilal and his family to come hang out anytime.
Now it was time to go back over all ...

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