The soul of Oman
Trip Start
Nov 30, 2007
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Trip End
Jan 17, 2008
Barka,
Oman
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
- Off-Road in the Sultanate of Oman, Jenny Walker and Sam Owen
I got out of my 4x4 at the fort, ready to snap a couple of pictures, and before I had closed the door, a local Omani gentleman had already walked up to me and started a conversation.
The initial pleasantries over, he began to give me a tour of the fort. Then, a tour of the neighbourhood; from the fort to the desalinization plant, to the nearby town of Barka and their fort. The neighbouring beach sunset soccer match, then back to the wasteland (that was good for farming before the desal plant started up). Nasser then took me to meet a local camel herder -- his uncle -- and showed me which two camels were his. We went to another local "camel man"; this one had a watering hole for camels, and had a number of other visitors. Nasser took a break to pray, and then we had coffee and dates.
En route, we discussed the changes in Oman, what my country was like, politics, development, education (Nasser was working on his Master's) and employment, and even what a plane ticket and week's visit to Canada would cost.
When I dropped him off two hours later, I thanked him for one of the best and most memorable afternoons of my life, and I meant it.
Comments
the blue city
there is alot to know about Barka city, one most important is that this city is going to be very populer for the business wise and the there will be a new city on 8 km wide on the costline in sawadi beach wich called ,,THE BLUE CITY,,