Mercure Al Falaj Muscat

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Our penultimate port of call, and again a lovely way to see the first sight of the city from the sea. Very white and very clean, with old forts on the hillsides above the harbour. Shuttle bus to the Mutrah souk, selling the normal stuff,pasminas, silks and local crafts, then a taxi ride to the Grand mosque which was about 10 miles away. Our driver was a young man, who proved to be a good choice as he spoke English and actually ended up being our guide for the day. The ...

... small tuna, and even octapus. Sure enough by around noon, everything closed up and we hoped a taxi back to the hotel. We spent the rest of the day eating a leisurely meal at a Indian vegetarian restaurant and walking around the neighborhood near the hotel. We had passed this restaurant a number of times and it was always packed with Indian people. So, we went in today and it was really quite good (and cheap ...

... du genre masculin à travers la loi et, ce faisant, ses grandes lignes sociales. Le concept se concrêtise sans aucune difficulté : aux commandes des taxis, des boutiques du bazar, des madrassas, des mosquées et des musées ne sont que des hommes, le genre masculin apparaissant dès lors comme une sorte d'"establishment" qu'il est donné comme indépassable aux femmes. Et, pour être honnète, qu'il semble bel et bien difficile de dépasser ...

... did her cross stitch and I have been busy reading the "Twilight" series that a couple of my students had got me hooked on reading.  I was on book number 3 and knew that I would fly though it! Once we landed, we bought our visas for 6OR(Omari rial) which was about $15US.  From there it was to go and get our car but for some reason my reservation from ...

... 3 days in Muscat. I navigated us to the Beach Hotel, in Shatti al-Qurm, which is in an old heritage building and has a bit of charm about it. As soon as we were in the room we flaked. The following morning, we woke up early and straight out the door to meet our tour operator. We drove down to the Marina. We boarded a speed boat and headed out on The Gulf of Oman to do a spot of dolphin watching.....we were not ...

... When Sultan Qaboos came to power (bloodless coup, overthrew his father in 1970) there were only 10kms of sealed roads, no schools, no hospitals. Apparently the Sultan goes camping through the country every year (I expect in a little more style than our version) so his subjects can ride their camels into the camp to have a bit of a chat about what they might need - electricity for the village, etc. A man of the people who is trying to juggle progress with ...

... safely on the Emirates' west coast...but STILL. Whoever heard of a cyclone in Arabia? Now before I go off for maybe the third time about global warming, I'm going to stop and instead mention that there is a human face to this. If you're in the States, probably the only human face you see right now is that of Paris Hilton, the miserable little wretch, if you can call that face "human". But it's ...

... and did not leave the airport. However, I can report that it seems unsurprisingly flat, hot and dusty. Plus there was lots of expat Brits flying home for Christmas, presumably with their suitcases stuffed with cash. Also I did get to see some people from a religion I did not recognise. They were dressed in what looked white togas and the women had full facial masks with half a dozen or so vertical strips cut into it. Maybe it´s a certain Islamic sect ...

... Actually they make 3 ft large hole with there front paws n make 2 ft narrow hole with there hind paws n then lay there eggs. It's the most vulnerable moment as foxes sometimes take advantage and eat away the eggs. A large turtle lays up to 150 eggs in one sit of 15 mins. Then they cover the holes n they make a similar hole near by to dupe the predators, they actually fool the predators lot of times as they end up searching wrong place for eggs. You know the sad part is out of ...