Holiday Inn Al Madinah Muscat

... hotels have more of a holiday atmosphere, the family friendly Shangri La Al Waha has plenty of children’s facilities and next door the Shangri La Al Bandar, both are located directly on the sandy beach.

One of the best known ...

... ll be fine by the time we get there". Drinks are packed and repacked. "I don't want mango juice, I want strawberry!" "But I don't like strawberry, I want apple!" The tub of fresh pineapple dumps it's juice all over the kitchen floor. The salad leaks olive oil onto the biscuits. The tub of feta you were saving turns out to be more yoghurt than cheese. At last, the swimming bag is packed, the boot is loaded with enough food for a 2 week expedition ...

... till the bags arrived. Unfortunately, until earlier today, I wasn't sure they were even going to arrive today, so I ended up buying more than I needed. I found a Wallmart like Indian super store called, "LuLu Hypermarket". Imagine trying to find dress clothes in such a place. I luckily held off buying a sport coat, but did buy some dress pants, shirts and ties for our formal meetings (see below). The ties available all looked like they were ...

... la démonstration au quotidien qu'il est possible de vivre, étudier, rigoler et s'aimer sans que de vieux cons mettent des batons dans les roues ; pour autant qu'on ne se tient pas trop près les un(e)s des autres et que l'on ne souhaite pas consulter son profil Facebook. D'où ma conviction que le regime n'est pas près de basculer ; ce parce que la jeunesse iranienne s'en est tellement detachée... qu'il est en elle. Les femmes ...

On a visit to some good friends in Muscat from the 3.-9. February. Just arrived here in Muscat last night. After a very comfortable flight to Abu Dhabi, I already got a flavor of what it will be like to go to India, continuing my trip to Muscat. The plane was full of indian workers, who apparently need to be persuaded into wearing or closing seat belts. And they are the first to open it and get up while the plane is not ...

... all Omani, I guess they have some 'guest workers' but they are not obvious. No time to look at the other attractions so we called it quits knowing we had a long drive back to Dubai. Plenty of reasons to return later. The highlight of the highway drive was passing a small truck full of camels, their long necks and heads sticking up out of the back, gazing serenely around. I was slow to get my camera into action so Kym stopped the car and we let it pass, then caught ...

Arrived safely in Dubai. Thought you would like to know. Had a few hiccups connecting to internet but now sitting in Dubai, Carlton Tower room tapping away. Went on brilliant 4 hour tour of new and old Dubai. Fascinating. This place is bewildering and bedazzling at the same time. I have some great photos ...

I had just transit in Oman with my family and Galileo tour travel. Just info: The different of time in Oman and Indonesia, Time of Oman is 3 hours later than Indonesia (WIB). When I would go to Indonesia in my arrival. Trip to my country (Indonesia) was need time during 10 hours from Muscat (Oman). Thanks Galileo tours............

... I couldn't make the hike so I just decided to lay down in the shallow water. I couldn't be bothered with all of that walking. The fish were pretty cool though. There were all of these white fish that would jump right out of the water. Seeing as how the water at the beach was not in the slightest bit refreshing I went and sat in the pool at the house when we got back to cool off. The pool at Jess's place over looks parts of Muscat and has a lovely breeze. It's pretty ...

... day we drove around exploring Muscat. Our first stop was at the world famous Al Bustan Hotel for lunch. The most impressive thing about the hotel is the atrium lobby, which is big enough to put a 747 in. After lunch we did a little shopping at a local mall and visited the Grand Mosque before another uneventful evening out at a local bar. On our last day we got an early start heading back to ...