Tony Walsh – author & tours through Arabia
Tucked away in a corner with Bougainvillea cascading over the wall is one of Muscat’s new Public Services in Muscat – high-tech Japanese toilets.
The lack of public toilets in Muscat Continue reading “Public Services in Muscat”
Following morning prayers on the first day of Eid the tradition for Eidiya in Oman is that children wander around to collect their gift.
Eidiya is cash, typically 100 baisa from folks like me and bigger notes from family or the rich. However the appreciation of new notes make it worth going to a bit of trouble to obtain them, so I made a request for 100 notes. Continue reading “Eidiya for distribution in Oman”
We arrived after Iftar for a meal at The Cave, Muscat’s newish restaurant complex (intended to have numerous themed dining choices). Currently there are two choices of venue, one with a buffet that seemed to have been cleared – so we had no choice but to walk to the single option open, which was Rumba Lattina.
As there did not appear to be any service offered outside this restaurant we ‘chose’ to sit Continue reading “Rumba Lattina Restaurant at The Cave”
On the 14th night of Ramadhan (the middle of that month) there is a childrens celebration called ‘Qaranqashoo’ (قرنقشوه) . It traditionally was when children went knocking on the front door of neighbours houses to ask for ‘halwa’ (sweets).
The first part of the word is used Continue reading “Qaranqashoo at Bait Zubair the Ramadhan childrens event”
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