Crowne Plaza Muscat

... was quite an experience. Oman Air run a Daily service every evening from Heathrow Airport arriving at 0900 hours the following day and returns every afternoon, ideal time to get to and from your hotel in Oman.

Oman has an enormous ...

... seems if time allows the place to go. Much like in all countries at present, he had studied at university but jobs were difficult to come by so was working as a taxi driver. Tourism is growing in Oman and with his English, and enthusiasm should do OK. This was a relatively pricey tour but both Geoff and I had enjoyed the day, but felt no need to learn more of the country and its people, whereas India we do. Back on board for our final evening, and we had a table in ...

... and other Middle East cultures. From what I've seen and heard from folks I've met here, guess traditional Omani food is virtually extinct. Menus at most of the restaurants we've been to include Biryani Chicken, Beef Curry, Hommus, etc. There are many store fronts selling shwarma, lamb or chicken that is grilled and cut into pieces, mixed with french fries, vegetables, and a thin version of hummous, all wrapped and rolled in pita bread. These have been tasty and ...

... d'une terrible dictature où les pasdarans et autres fachos en costumes religieux terrorisent au quotidien les (pauvres) iraniens décidement peu en jambe. Le rapport à la politique qu'ils entretiennent n'a cessé, a travers les nombreuses discussions que j'aie eues ici et la (conférant a ma reflexion un chouilla plus de crédibilite que mon precedent paragraphe, davantage produit d'une humble et modeste observation oculaire), de ...

... the remainder of the day saw me driving for the first time in the middle east, around Muscat. We visited the Sultan's Palace with its blue and gold mushroom pillars. During the slave trade, if any slave reached the flagpole and touched it they were granted freedom. However the flagpole is no longer there. Then around to the Marina for some more views of the coast and further along we visited the corniche and stopped ...

Oman has been an adventure, especially as I have never been to the Middle East before. Oman is a beautiful country with plenty of culture as well as the majority of the mod cons available these days. Have been staying in Muscat but exploring other areas such as Nizwa complete with fort and modernised souq, the abandoned old towns at Tanuf and Izki, the beautifully restored fort at Jabrin as well as venturing onto the ...

... to calm down my upset stomach. Thank god for the American Embassy, it's always there with familiar food and a western toilet when you need one! When I was feeling better we caught the next bus to Amman. The bus was old and the air-conditioner only partially worked. This would have been ok, only the windows didn't open. There were also about a dozen people chain smoking. There is really very little reason to shower here. You feel clean for about 5 ...

... you Jess it isn't even funny. I went pretty much straight to bed seeing as how I was still vomitty from the plane but Erica stayed up and shared a couple of bottles of Champagne with Tina. They were sure feeling it the next day but solved that problem with another bottle. The next day Tina and Jon had the day off so they planned an amazing BBQ at the beach for us. It was about an hour drive from Muscat through the Jebel (jaggedy mountains). There were all kinds of ...

... to hotel with contended hearts, and were on bed almost immediately. Wind was blowing ******* the windows and I gradually went to deep sleep. Next day my friend waked me up n we got ready by 0715 to have a heavy breakfast planning to make full use of the day. We started n our first stop was a very old mosque built some hundreds of years back. This is very unlike the present mosques with a dome and a pillar. It had lots of domes in a single structure. Most of the roads in this ...