Golden Tulip Khasab Hotel Res

... swimming and snorkeling alongside their anchored dhows (lots of coral reefs), and we pulled onto a beach for the kids to jump out and walk around a bit. All around these rocks you can find small sandy beaches. Most were empty, but several had campers and tents; larger ones had old villages, still in use as fishing villages but the occupants had left for the holiday season. It is common for them to have a home there and a home, say ...

Got up and ate my usual granola bar for breakfast, checked out of the hotel, then headed down to the harbor to find my boat for the dhow cruise. I checked to see if the moneychanger was open and it wasn't I drove to what I thought was the harbor, but it wasn’t exactly right (the harbor wasn’t really that big). I thought it might be next door, but I called the office since it was almost the 9am tour time. They gave me directions to their office in ...

The drive along the Musandam coast to Khasab was gorgeous! It was amazingly beautiful---the highway hugged the coast between the mountain cliffs and the sea, and every once in a while there would be a small village or a seaside beach (public). This had me stopping ever five minutes to take all the pictures I could get. I also stopped at the fort in Bukha. I really wanted to go for a swim in the ocean, but wanted to get a bit closer to Khasab. I kept being lured by ...

Area: Musandam Peninsula is the northern tip of UAE but in Omani territory that is separated by UAE from the mainland Oman. Khasab is the main town in this area that boasts the highest mountain of this area i.e. 2200m called as Jebel Hareem. Travel Month: Jan 2009 Country: UAE and Oman Attractions: Mountain driving, Fjords, Coastal drive, Ocean, Camping Total Distance Covered: 475 Kilometers total out of which 125 Kilometers was dirt track and ...

6.00am saw us standing on the corner outside our apartment building waiting for our booked day tour to the Musandam Peninsula in the country of Oman. Another country, another stamp in the passport..... easily done from Dubai as distances are not great and cars travel at amazing speeds down sleek highways. Our driver's name was......yes, you guessed it, Mohammed! We've lost count this trip of how many Mohammed's we've met ...

It was an early start as our convoy of 25 people and 7 4WD's headed north towards Oman. Our destination was Khasab Harbour in the Musamdan Peninsula (Oman) for a day of dhow cruising around the Khors (Islands). We were to be there for a 9.30 departure....little did we know that it would take us 6 hours to arrive (usually only 2 and a bit!). When we finally arrived at the border we found mayhem and chaos ...

After the boat trip many people were going back to Dubai, but I had planned to stay with Canadian Graham, Polish Jan, and Aussie Ella. We had Graham's jeep to go around, and more importantly Graham himself, who had already been exploing a fair bit of the area. In the evening we looked for the souk, but eventually settled at a restaurant and had dinner outside, on a square. Once that was dealt with, it was already 11pm, and we had to decide between sleeping on the beach and sleeping in the ...

Whle I was trying to organize a trip to the Musandam peninsula, book a boat, possibly dive, etc..., Graham told me about a french guy who was already organizing something. In fact, he had arranged directly with a boat owner to leave later in the day, and to install a "sound system" on the boat. After a bit of organisation, there were 30+ people joining. The drive from Dubai to Khasab, the main town in that part of ...

... and was treated by how i looked, like i had nothing. Granted I looked a little hippyish and scruffy as I came through customs but I didn't expect the treatment i received. I was pulled into a little room, had my passport removed, asked loads of weird questions about where I had been and where i was going, had the small bag i had on me rifled through and had my 'person' checked. I will leave how that went down to your ...

... headed further into the Fjords to our dining spot Seebi Island, a nice snorkelling area with azure water and a lot less jellyfish! <br> <br>Lunch consisted of delicious spicy fish pieces, biryani rice, hummous and salad, two kinds of vegetarian dhal and Arabic bread. After finishing lunch and some more snorkelling for those willing to plunge back in (it was a chilly 26 degrees after all...) we uped anchor again and headed ...