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Bedouin and Horses on a trip in the Wahiba Sands

Driving through the Wahiba Sands in the afternoon I passed this group

of horses with Continue reading “Bedouin and Horses on a trip in the Wahiba Sands”

Muscat Festival 2014 in Amarat

Now that the Muscat Festival 2014 is underway I went mid-afternoon for a visit.

It was nice to see the familar Continue reading “Muscat Festival 2014 in Amarat”

Eagle Time in Oman

Each winter Oman receives 1000s of migratory birds.

Amongst the more Continue reading “Eagle Time in Oman”

Oman’s Weather Forecast 29 April looks intense

Have a look at this screen grab from the BBC of the weather

to come in Muscat and northern Oman. The rain Muscat and northern Oman has been having will probably peak on Monday 29th April.

Rainy Muscat brings cooler weather just in time for the weekend

Thunder and lightning worked its way around Muscat

just before Continue reading “Rainy Muscat brings cooler weather just in time for the weekend”

Red Bull soapbox race in Muscat

With the thermometer hitting 45c in Ruwi and not much lower in Bowsher it was time for the Red Bull soapbox race.

We arrived Continue reading “Red Bull soapbox race in Muscat”

Victor the buggy in Muscat from Salalah

Tucked away under the shade of my breakfast source, Lulu in Darsait, I saw this well travelled car. Well travelled not just from Salalah, where I photoed it last week, to Muscat – but after 6 years on the road it has the most kilometres of any non production car.

Elayne in Victor the Travel Bug in Salalah

Victor the buggy is a hand made gem, with a Continue reading “Victor the buggy in Muscat from Salalah”

Y Magazine of Oman does a double page about the book.

Y Magazine’ s Kate Ginn rang me last week regarding the book and after a chat asked for photos. I of course expected a short piece with a photo or two. So it was fantastic to open up Y Magazine this morning and see a double page spread about the book. You can read it here http://www.y-oman.com/2013/03/heritage-hunter/ (thanks Kate)

Y Magazine article about Walking Through History

Chris Fisher of Oman’s Merge FM chats with me about the book ‘Walking Through History’

Chris Fisher of MergeFM Radio in Oman talks about the book ‘ Walking Through History’ with Tony.

Chris Fisher hard at work on MergeFM Radio — Chris Fisher hard at work on MergeFM

How he manages to juggle all the controls at his desk and Continue reading “Chris Fisher of Oman’s Merge FM chats with me about the book ‘Walking Through History’”

Arab Horses in Oman looking splendid before an event.

One of my favourite photos is this of Arab Horses in Oman decked out in traditional silver. Marco Polo wrote about them in his book ‘The Travels’ – “and the merchants take a great number of Arab horses to that market (of India from Al Balid)”

Arab Horses from the book ‘Walking Through History’

Book signing in Sohar

Penny’s Cafe in Sohar was a great venue for our book signing. We arrived after a drive from Muscat and enjoyed not only Penny’s fantastic cakes – but afterwards a dinner in the Butterfly Hotel near the beach.