Ramee Guestline Muscat

... though I noted a few unusual items: 4kg pails of yoghurt; 5kg slabs of margarine;<br>a display of herbs and spices in bulk sacks - 125 different ones; a display of bulk nuts<br>(edible variety) - 70 different types!<br>I bought a souvenir T-shirt and a bottle of Listerine.<br>After all that excitement I returned to Al Khuwair (suburb where Ibis is located) and hung out<br>at the coffee shop doing the aforementioned research.<br><br><br>

... looks to cater to a tourist that will stay in one of their luxury resorts, spend a bundle, and leave within two weeks. So the fact that we were staying in a run down hotel along the corniche and were not too interested in buying anything in the souqs made us the most unappealing of tourists. In fact the port area of Muttrah provides access to cruise ships which came in daily and allowed their passengers to wander the downtown area. Access to ...

... on the floor (measuring 70m X60 m) contains 28 colors, has 1.7 million knots, and weight 21 tons. There is a 50m high central dome with a 8 m wide by 14 m high centreal Swarovski crystal chandelier. This hall can evidently hold over 6500 people. After visiting the mosque, Stewart and I spent most of the afternoon reviewing the Damaniyat Islands and Ras al Hadd management plans and beginning to work on our recommendations. Its been a bit hard to do this work ...

... déjà, sautaient aux yeux. Qu'on se le dise, donc : l'Iran est un pays semblable à la France, dont la jeunesse partage les memes plaisirs, les memes aspirations et dont la vie au XXIe siecle est la même que chez nous. Cette surprenante "élévation" de statut du pays depuis une vaste campagne "arriérée" (au bon sens du terme ; un éxotisme qui convient d'ailleurs à des pays comme la Syrie ou la Jordanie) vers une nation "moderne ...

... delicious. I asked Talal about local industry and produce. Apart from fishing, handicrafts and agriculture are the other two industries, which includes dates, honey and green mangoes. I love green mango in the thai salad, som tam. One of the local boys overheard and went to pick some off a nearby tree and he had a big smile on his face as he passed it to me before running off and splashing into the water again. While biting ...

... in their dishdasha's and headgear drinking big schooners of beer, very refreshing. Ridiculously, when we first went onto the balcony to find a seat we were told that particular spot was an alcohol free area - so we were moved a couple of tables.........sometimes this stuff seems a little weird. Next day, 26th, was Kym's birthday and the early morning view from our window showed great promise - clear and sunny, beach edging a green coastal strip behind which rose ...

... me. I waited until they fell to their knees, saying they couldn't just leave me alone in the middle of nowhere. "I am a good man!" the first one swore. A good man, but a bad Muslim, I suspect! Finally, having sufficiently reduced them to a state of panic, I climbed back in the car, telling them the Sheikh would probably not be happy if something happened to a student at a school he partially owns. Ha ha! Of course, they made fun of me all the ...

After waiting for the airport bus for an hour and a half in Bangkok and watching the sun rise I thought it best to stump up the extra Baht to actually make it in time for my flight back home... By now I was really, really looking forward to getting back to the UK for Christmas as it was only a few hours away and I am a huge fan of Christmas. Also this was the first time I'd be home for more than a week for 10 years - which was going to be excitingly weird ...

... by 4-5 small mountains. You can trek up to 4 kms inside after that its very rough n need equipment. So we went through that valley full of caves, water, greenery n rocks of different shape. N it was completely uninhabited so we could feel a surge of anxiety what we would see next. A sense of adventure. We took 1 hour to walk through that 4kms, taking snaps, jumping over rocks n water. It was fun, with no coverage n no people around we felt we are entering a new world. After ...