Nizwa, Oman

... to be so lazy and actually see some of the country. We headed back to the Ruwi bus station and took the early bus to Nizwa. Nizwa was about two hours from Muscat and is known for its several century old for as well as its palm tree studded mountains. ...

I hit Nizwa, a town in the mountainous inland part of Oman (to distinguish it from the mountainous coastal part) at night, well after dark. So it wasn't really until the next morning that I really knew where I was. Mountains dotted the horizon as I drove ...

... Two girls arrived and luckily there were just TWO seats left. Meaning I didn't have to sit in the aisle as I'd been thinking 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 ...

... got up and had breakfast at the hotel.  Luckily there was lots of coffee as I desperately needed some of that.:-) Once we had eaten, Nizwa Fort was our destination for the day.  Mubina said it was amazing to see and that the Souk was good for shopping.  Darn. ...