Golden Oasis Muscat

Despite intensive investigations I failed to locate a public loo in Muscat today; well, I did <br>see the entrance to one near the souq, but it didn&#8217;t look like the sort of place I would want to<br>hang out in, despite my desire to continue scientific research.<br>I did, however, make a little progress on the &#8220;what do they wear underneath&#8221; question.<br>Sitting at a cafe sipping coffee and indulging in a couple of little ...

... a 6500' mountain! From there it was smooth tarmac all the way home and the only event to spoil our swift passage home was Callan, projectile vomiting. Unperturbed by 4 hours bouncing up a mountain, 15 mins on the twisting tarmac descent was more than his little stomach could handle. It was quite spectacular too. He managed to get grape juice, tomato skins and humus all the way from his car seat to the dashboard. It was a long day, but a great adventure. Now that we've ...

... musician and he will be leading us in another practice and then show later on today. The amount and quality of musical entertainment has been something we were not expecting, excellent. It seems strange that our traveling time is nearly over. It is very easy to see how one could continue to wander the world. it is a slightly unreal state from actually having to keep house and home in order. I do think of ...

... them both. We all paddled in the Indian Ocean! How lush!!!   We've had the first case of hair touching! F had hers touched when she went out with Colin yesterday. When we went out earlier today, C had his touched twice. It was almost absent minded. The ladies were just walking past us in the opposite direction and held out their hand to rub the hair between their fingers. It was so sweet and C didn't seem to notice.

... d still be there, the Indian Ocean lapping at my ankles as Kia's latest offering sank before my eyes. Lessons learnt: Never go off-road alone. Always carry water. Make sure mobile phone is charged. Make sure you know how to use your low ratio gearbox, and locking differential (In fact knowing what they are would be a good start.). Flip flops don't give great traction when trying to push 2 tons of car through 6 inches of soft sand.

... but it is a brilliant aqua green (due to an algae that grows there). We climbed down the steep steps to stick a toe in it. Swimming is not permitted. Driving along the coast, past free camping and rugged coastline, we arrived at a village called Tiwi. Briefly stopping for some landscape shots, it did not take long before the local children came along selling shells and allowing us to take some photos. The local boys laughed ...

... individuals they were given to the first guy we had spoken to and duly stamped - only an hour and a half but it seemed like forever, and it sure gave us a very poor first impression of the country. You live and learn, and we drove on a little way before stopping by the road for our picnic lunch, at which point Kym phoned his Austrader in Muscat to let her know we wouldn't be there in time to meet with her before his business meeting. The excellent 4 lane ...

... inside the car. It's a good thing I carry it with me at all times. I handed it over, and he flipped through it several times, and asked me questions because he apparently couldn't see whether or not I had overstayed my time here. That's probably because of all the entry and exit visas I have in the durn thing, all crammed in next to each other. I had to show him the specific one. "Where are you from?" he demanded. "The United States of ...

I think I never met nicer people than Omanis. One of the things that makes them so sweet is the fact that they're not used to tourists. In many places I went to in Oman, I had the feeling that I was the very first tourist that the locals had ever seen. And in many instances, it was probably true. It's interesting to know that Oman actually opened a Tourist Ministry only about a year and a half ago. It's a rather expensive place to visit with no good public ...

Hi all, Today was a scorching 40 degrees celsius! I really felt like I was melting. Mixed in with the humidity, and all of the energy is sapped from my body. For example, today we went to go see a travel agent and passport agent to arrange a 2 day trip to Dubai. I was outside walking for about 20 minutes and everything ...