Tony Walsh – author on Oman & Arabia
home to Crabs and their visitors
Hauling herself back to sea, watched by an appreciative crowd, one of Oman’s Green Turtles had just completed a marathon egg laying task.
Nasser, one of the wardens Continue reading “Sharquiyah Beaches Oman”
a great new service in Muscat
Almost ready for service are Oman’s bright and shiny new Buses under the new brand ‘Mwasalat’.
They are a familiar Continue reading “Oman’s New Bus Fleet”
After a drive from Muscat, via Nizwa, we arrived in Dhofar where the tail end of a weak Khareef (Monsoon) season was still evident. Most of Dhofars beaches are soft white sand, beloved by Humans and not surprisingly animals.
OUR LONGEST JOURNEY FROM TBILISI WAS TO STEPANTSMINDA and took some 3 hours by mini-bus which we took from a train/metro station on the edge of Tbilisi.
The mini-buses in Georgia run when they are full, on a fixed route with stops on demand. Since Stepantsminda is a reasonably important settlement our mini-bus driver took only passengers for Stepantsminda and only made a single stop, for refreshments.
Our journey wound north on what is called the “Georgian Military Highway” as it took troops from the Soviet Union, who had occupied Georgia to its borders with Turkey and Iran. However the closer we got to the border between Georgia and Russia the road was increasingly a lorry park as they seemed to be waiting to move in convoy north, into Russia. The journey was through stunning scenery with the single track (in each direction) road snaking through a steep valley.
We only wanted to visit a single place, which was near the town,
partly Continue reading “STEPANTSMINDA GEORGIA on the trucking route between Turkey & Russia“
JUST OVER AN HOURS DRIVE WEST OF GEORGIA’S CAPITAL TBILISI IS GORI. We took a mini-bus from the outskirts of Tbilisi near a rail station, to reach Gori. The journey travels initially through the mountains which surround Tbilisi and then into a broad fertile valley.
Gori is not large and is Continue reading “GORI GEORGIA the birthplace of Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator“
WE FLEW INTO TBILISI, GEORGIA, FROM MUSCAT – with the world under the plane gradually becoming greener as we flew north. The airport in Tbilisi is on the edge of the city. After buying a SIM card, we took a taxi into town, crossing over the river, which had flooded the city not so long ago, and into Vake, where we would stay.
Vake is an area with tree-lined boulevards and, Continue reading “TBILISI GEORGIA I made a visit into Georgia as the country eases towards Europe“
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