Between 1986-2016 I called Arabia home (<< a slightly more in-depth version of the background behind my writing) – working in Oman 🇴🇲, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 and the U.A.E. 🇦🇪
Over that time – I managed BHS department stores in Saudi Arabia – opened my own retail business in Oman – was contracted by the U.S.A.F. to deliver small construction projects at their two Oman air-bases and set up an inbound tour operator with cultural tours throughout Oman & sometimes into neighbouring countries – read more here https://www.tonywalsh.me/about-tony-walsh-the-author-about-oman/
Along the way, I have written guide books and other books about the region, magazine articles for non-Omani media and booklets for Oman’s Ministry of Tourism, which also kindly funded a Coffee Table Book I authored.
You will get a distillation of 40 years living and now visiting the broader region if you do buy my books.
Check-out books (opens a new page on this web site) by me including The Land of Frankincense Paperback (opens in Amazon) along with PDFs of a few magazine articles – scroll down.
On the right column are links to my Blog Posts – and a series of broad topics – Book, Egypt, Oman etc
Join me as I visit the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the Pyramids
learn about the Battle of Mirbat,
read about archaeology in Rustaq Oman,
check out my publications
and much more in my blog since 2006
in Oman’s Empty Quarter Desert
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Face to face with Uromastyx thomasi above, the exterior of Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque and a Georgian marriage – amongst many photos by Tony Walsh
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I visited the epicentre of Tourism in southern Egypt, the Tomb of Tutankhamun - and then went to Howard Carter's House - near the road into the Valley of the Kings. It rather drab - compared to the glitter of his mask in Cairo #TRLT - https://www.tonywalsh.me/descending-into-history-a-tale-of-two-tombs/
I had a wonderful visit to Madinat Habu. Its probably Luxors most complete Mortuary Temple - in this case for Ramesses III. With historical art of invasions, sea battles and animal hunts - its a massive biography of Ramesses. #TRLT
I spent a few days at Abydos in Egypt, where the superb Temple of Seti I is located - its over 3,000 years old and a masterpiece of Egyptian art.
#TRLT
Omans Ministry of Heritage and Tourism looks set to add Jalali Fort in Muscat to places the public can visit. I have been fortunate to visit it several times with groups - it will make a great addition to the attraction in Muscat https://www.tonywalsh.me/al-jalali-fort-muscat/ https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1164027/oman/tourism/mht-to-develop-al-jalali-fort-as-a-major-tourist-destination
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