Muscat had torrential rain today causing, as usual in a desert country, instant floods and a sharp drop in temperature.
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Rain and floods
Month: November 2006
Travelling through southern Yemen
The road from Thumrayt into Al Mazyunah leads into the northeast desert of Yemen and my destination the Hadramawt. We stopped in Rimah some half way on our journey for lunch that, at 1,000Yemeni Riyals (roughly 2 Omani Rials), was about twice the cost of a similar rice and meat dish in Oman. Eventually, I arrived in the old town of Seyoun where I intended to stay for a few nights. My hotel was just off the main square where the old palace, a confection of white plaster, dominates the town.
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