Salalah Hilton

... there is a town Adam. After Adam about 300km no fuel station. Otherwise usually 90-100km have a fuel station. Petrol price is cheaper in Oman, riyal 0.12/litre

... were no facilities for cruise passengers within the port. The non-tour passengers would take the shuttle to the front gate and then dive into a large pool of taxis waiting to provide transportation into and around the city of Salalah. A chance meeting with one of the guides for the ship's organized tours provided us with a different and better option to see the area of Salalah. The Tour Guide's son was starting his own tour business and was willing to take us around the ...

... as well (not). Yesterday we drove towards the Yemeni border and found an awesome spot for brunch. With some delicious Omani bean paste we watched some dolphins playing around in front of us. Good start of the day. After this we saw a giant sea turtle but we do not think the turtle was very fond of seeing us...Along the coast towards Yemen we managed to get our pimped out vehicle down on the beach where we stopped for ...

... care facility, a community center, a mosque, and free bus service to the next town. The rainy season is in Jun-Aug and that's when the Saudis come down to escape the 50-55C heat in Arabia (to a pleasant 35 C / 95F in Oman) We went to a cave by the sea. The cave was underneath our feet. Since the tide was not high there wasn't much of a blow hole, but we could hear the mighty roar of the ocean as it blasted into the ...

... sticky evenings throughout the week. Viv and Latif - where we are staying - say it isn't usually so hot in November. (Hear you had snow just after we left!) We hired a car and paid a nostalgic re-visit to a few haunts - Nizwa, Qurm and Ruwi. Since the Gonu storm Muscat has changed a lot. The traffic is dreadful during the rush-hour and Lewis Hamilton would find driving conditions on the highway quite interesting. We flew down to Salalah where the temperatures are ...

... of the town. Again, the afternoon was all about relaxing.....by the beach, sipping cold ***************ing on a double apple shisha and reading...what better way to relax...just wish for a little sun! Our last night we decided that the buffet was the best option with a BBQ night and we were so relaxed that we could not be bothered checking out the bars and had an early night...how old **** is that!

... this would not happen!). The afternoon was again spent lazing by the pool, sipping cocktails, reading and swimming before dining yet again at the Buffet, sampling local Omani cuisine. We got to try the local Ouzi Lamb which was quite delicious, along with kofta kebabs and various other skewered metas, along with your traditional lebanese cold mezze spread (hummos, tabbuleh, moutabel, fattoush, bread)

March 20, Holy Thursday We had an interesting time in Salalah, the capital of the Dhofar Province in the Sultanate of Oman. It is very warm here at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula and very dry. Salalah is the summer residence for the sultan and a resort destination for Arabs and Indians during the summer months. The country is dry and brown during this time of year, but beginning in May there is a monsoon season that transforms the place. A light rain falls throughout the ...

Land of frankincense and the perfume capital of Arabia. Also known as the resting place of the biblical prophet Job in nearby Jabal al Qar. We were able to visit the pool of Namaan and the ruins of a palace reputed to have belonged to the Queen of Sheba in Khawr Rhori . To the west of ...

... such as a great big 'move your entire household' type suitcase does not qualify as handlugge. Yep, the isles of the plane were jammed with people's suitcases and more, as everybody brought just about everything but the kitchen sink onto the plane. And that was only the start!!! I had something like 6 flights to get back to oz. Thankfully Dubai and Bangkok were more tranquill experiences and i finally arrived back in Brisbane 2 days after leaving the boat.