Tony Walsh – author & tours through Arabia
– well away from my swimming beach but getting closer
It looks as if its not only cruise ships that are coming into Oman from a long way away. Yesterday Pirates are off Oman about 150kms from Sur & Masirah Island – the last such indecent was over a year ago – better not swim a long way from the shore
what a great gig
Tom Jones will play in Oman says HiFM .
Well done – and it looks like somebody worked hard to get it – as he arriving in a month and its not on his own web site. Be interesting to see if he breaks the magic 30 Rial barrier .
Al-Jalali Fort, which is one of the two principal forts in Muscat, sits opposite its partner Mirani Fort, with the picturesque harbour of Muscat between them.
Probably the existing fort was Continue reading “Al-Jalali Fort Muscat”
from a BBC program
Late 2009 we organized a Camel week in Oman for a TV program – culminating in their participating in a Couple of Camel Races .
Well – here is part of the resulting TV program – the really chaotic pursuit of the racing Camels by their trainers in cars.
You can also read about a visit we made to camel races in Oman a few years ago
to be joined in Muscat by Seabourn Legend in a couple of years
Joining the Costa and Aida ships, Brilliance of the Seas is now a regular arrival for us in Muscat bringing people for a visit into Oman
As its a new destination for her it will take time for the cruise excursions to be tailored to her passengers needs but I am confident that Muscat will be one of her more popular port calls in the Gulf cruises.
shown on a NASA image
We have been having over a week of dusty skies covering Oman. Unusually it really does cover the entire country as I found on my drive to Salalah last week. And here is the reason –
an enormous dust cloud moving down from Iraq and spreading out over the Arabian Sea. Of course its not one of my photos so – a nice thank you to NASA for the image
looks as if it will be a nice hotel for Oman
Having just opened, it was nice to be able to visit the new Marriott Resort near Mirbat Oman. Set on a very interesting beach with some areas of white sand and others of rock it will be a good hotel to relax in, especially as its isolated at almost 80kms from Salalah.
On the drive back I made a visit into Shuwaymiyah, whose pale cliffs drop into the Arabian Sea , as I was staying in a small village nearby.