Haffa House Salalah

... of town and requires a car. Well, damn. I call false advertising! But people have been really nice to us and apart from the staring (which is driving me mad) it's just a quiet, boring town. The weather ranges from slightly hot and dry to cool and breezy in the early evening, not really humid at all which is nice. The apartment the company put us in isn't really in an ideal area so we're going to start looking for a ...

... would be lush green and waterfalls will be started</li><br><br><li>The places to see around Salalah are different wadis and mountain spots plus waterfalls which gives fantastic views even without waterfalls</li><br><br><li>Salalah is a small town but all facilities are there so no need to worry about anything. There are many places to stay. One can drive into Salalah and find many apartments having signboards for rent. We stayed in Hamilton ...

... for four hours which was less than half of what we would have to pay for the least expensive tour offered by the ship. Paul had sent us some suggestions of attractions for the port and this formed the majority of the list of stops that we wanted to make on our self tour. None of the sites and stops were of any problem for the driver so we quickly struck a deal and was ready to begin the tour in the new Hyundai Sedan with that most needed of accessories; a fully functional ...

... care facility, a community center, a mosque, and free bus service to the next town. The rainy season is in Jun-Aug and that's when the Saudis come down to escape the 50-55C heat in Arabia (to a pleasant 35 C / 95F in Oman) We went to a cave by the sea. The cave was underneath our feet. Since the tide was not high there wasn't much of a blow hole, but we could hear the mighty roar of the ocean as it blasted into the ...

... sticky evenings throughout the week. Viv and Latif - where we are staying - say it isn't usually so hot in November. (Hear you had snow just after we left!) We hired a car and paid a nostalgic re-visit to a few haunts - Nizwa, Qurm and Ruwi. Since the Gonu storm Muscat has changed a lot. The traffic is dreadful during the rush-hour and Lewis Hamilton would find driving conditions on the highway quite interesting. We flew down to Salalah where the temperatures are ...

... of the town. Again, the afternoon was all about relaxing.....by the beach, sipping cold ***************ing on a double apple shisha and reading...what better way to relax...just wish for a little sun! Our last night we decided that the buffet was the best option with a BBQ night and we were so relaxed that we could not be bothered checking out the bars and had an early night...how old **** is that!

... this would not happen!). The afternoon was again spent lazing by the pool, sipping cocktails, reading and swimming before dining yet again at the Buffet, sampling local Omani cuisine. We got to try the local Ouzi Lamb which was quite delicious, along with kofta kebabs and various other skewered metas, along with your traditional lebanese cold mezze spread (hummos, tabbuleh, moutabel, fattoush, bread)

... creating mists in the mountains and restoring life to plants on the hillsides, turning them green. Then, the coastal areas are filled with tourists, some of whom camp on a large expanse of flat land across from an entertainment park, while others fill the many hotels in the town. Some local residents pitch tents and rent them out to visiting families during the rainy months. Everyone seems to appreciate the "monsoon" as it cools the air and makes Salalah very inviting. At ...

... are the beaches of Mughsayl. Here we found unusual blow holes in the rocky shelf close to the shore. We tried to get close to one and ended up soaking wet! These holes display dramatic bursts of water and foam which are similar to a geyser. They sometimes reach up to 50 feet in the air!