Safari Nizwa
PO Box 202 Nizwa, 611, Oman
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Old houses
Still at Nizwa. Drove to a village called Tanuf – the old village is in ruins and a new one has grown up beside a water bottling plant. The ghost town is a reminder of the 1950's when some of the inland sheiks were trying to gain dominance of the region and the Sultan asked Britain for help. Wanting to prospect for oil, Britain sent the RAF to destroy the town, which they did!!! The houses were made of mud bricks and stones. Went on to Hamra which is one of Oman's ...
Mucho Forts
... on a little walk around the souk. This is a real one with no shops catering to the tourist trade (at least not yet, but give it a few years). The big item here is goats which are sold every day at an auction. Goats are used in special occasions in Oman and other Arab countries kind of like a turkey is in the US. However, we buy our Turkey at the store while most Arabs take the goat to their home and slit its throat in a ceremonial way (I hope ...
From the highest roads in Oman to ancient tombs
... at Dosteen Restaurant in the town of Izki. There were no menus in English but the people inside spoke Hindi as does Pooja. So we ordered a chicken curry with bread and rice. Let's just say it was not the best. Now being in Arabia I’m use to eating chicken with the bones (we are so use to boneless in America). But this chicken had a ton of little bones that you could feel in your teeth but would take a long time to fish out of your mouth. By the time you ...
Everything closes on Friday, ex. for ruins & wadis
We were supposed to get up early for our tour of the mighty Green Mountains of Oman with Hilal. But since the party ran so late, nobody got up in time. So plans changed yet again that I was not prepared for. Now it would be Pooja and I and a few of the kids going around Nizwa, the old capital of Oman. It took forever to get going as Pooja was on-line with some friends for the first time in a while (since I was not working on-line).
We bugged out around 10:15 for ...
Three forts and a souk
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Happy birthday Keegan!
We were up in time to watch us pull into the old city of Muscat. The port itself is not old but very industrial. The city itself -- at least, the old city -- sits along the waterfront and against a cliff. Once we were cleared by customs, we went ashore, taking the free shuttle to the port entrance. There, we were met by Abdullah, who would be our guide and driver for the day, and directed to a SUV waiting on the side of the ...
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