Safari Nizwa

... from all UK airports and are bookable on-line. There is a wide range of holidays available in many popular and interesting resorts in Europe (Spain, Portugal Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Greece), the Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, La ...

... whatsoever and there is an old fort overlooking the port. There are only a few patches of greenery around nature strips. When we got back to the ship by shuttle again, we found that a lot of people had complained about the distance that the shuttle traveled, and we all had our money refunded. Some docks don't let people walk anywhere on them and they supply a free shuttle to the gates. I had picked up a cold a few days ago and we all have to ...

... failed to re-start when we were wanted to set off home, but it was soon resolved with a bit of priming and some words of ‘encouragement’.


Another minor problem on the way home was not being able to refuel at the marina - apparently they don’t take credit cards on a Friday. Go figure.


All in all a successful first family voyage. We ...

... get us to our intended picnic site by lunchtime. I'd heard that there was now a tarmac road over the mountains which would speed our passage, and that Wadi Bani Awf was a spectacular trip. Here was my first mistake. Unfortunately I omitted to check that the tarmac road and Wadi Bani Awf where one and the same route. As it turned out, both set off from roughly similar areas, and both headed up the mountain in a similar direction, but unfortunately Wadi Bani Awf has no ...

... I might. Nizwa was very nice, we visited an Old Portugese fort from the 1600's and had a nice walk around the Sooq. I did a bit of bargaining and bought some goodies, then we went off to lunch. Ended up sitting next to Cassie and her Dad (from Bolivia) we had a great chat about Bolivia and the Finc they have there. He has over 150!!!! horses.*drool* Me and Cassie talked about shopping and emptying Dad's wallet. (she's a good girl :p) Very precocious, only 12 and acts all ...

... the fort but no. Instead, we have a 20 minute drive through lots of one way streets in the heart of the city.  It was truly amazing to not have a clue where to go and how we made our road choice was based on the width of the road.  Finally we got ourselves out to a road and took a left.  That was the right was to go but we were on the way other side of the city and needed to get back to the fort and souk.  We found both and parking was no problem as there were about ...

... women but there are diving clubs that charge entry fees which seems to discourage locals to visit. Went to a party with family and friends, lots of food and at least ten kids running around playing. Today we did a long trip first to Nizwa, a quite big city in the interior famous for its military and police schools two hours from Muscat. Had some food on the local market before everything closed for ...

... it seems) around, haggling with interested parties. As I was standing there, watching the scene, a nearby calf started headbutting me in the groin, smearing snot all over my pants. Luckily, I found it almost as funny as the bystanders did. The fort in Nizwa is also impressive; particularly the gigantic round tower, providing a wonderful panorama of the farms nearby and the mountains distant. There were wonderfully detailed geometric ...

... little more in them than some books or maybe some pillows. There were even some employees or possibly locals who were napping in some of the rooms. That really didn't seem like a half bad idea as the day grew hotter. Eventually the sun was out in full force and we were ready to head back to Muscat, however the next bus wasn't scheduled for another 5 hours and we were ready to be there now. Stores were shutting down and ...

... amp; all the towns within about 4 hour's drive (mostly inland). I didn't see any of the south, which is supposedly much cooler & even has waterfalls, or the very north (you have to drive through the UAE to get to the northern most towns). And there is supposedly good diving near the islands south of Muscat. Also, I met some people who flew via Dubai or Abu Dhabi and were able to stay a few days there too. But they all liked Oman more - more interesting & more to do.