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Finale in Muscat The last two days of our journey we stay in Muscat again, visits to the awesome Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque and our favorite district of Mutrah are on the...

From the Desert to the Coast After leaving the Wahiba Sands and adjusting the tire pressure to normal, we drive on the brand new - and hardly used - highway back to the coast...

Wahiba Sands Today we head from the (relative) coolness of the mountains directly into the heat of the sand desert. After descending from Jabal Akdhar, we have to cover about...

Birkat Al Mauz & Jabal Akhdar From Imti we drive back a bit towards Nizwa, until we reach Birkat Al Mauz. This traditional oasis is supplied with water from the mountains by...

TIMES OF OMAN August 2019 EVERY HOUSE A PIECE OF ART IN IMTI VILLAGE MAKEOVER Work is underway to decorate the archaeological village in Al Dakhiliah governorate to be an...

Faiqain and Nizwa After extensively exploring this region on our previous trips to Oman, today we are visiting some new places and making a short detour to Nizwa. This city is...

Bahla and Jabreen Castle Today we first visit Bahla - mainly because of its gigantic fort - the largest in Oman - known. First, we pass through the city gate from the latest...

Misfaht Al Abreyyn (there are many different spellings of the name) The village, which is about 500 years old in its origins, is often referred to as the most beautiful...

Rustaq - Wadi Bani Awf – Pass Sharaf al Alamein -Al Hamra – Misfaht Al Abreyyn Today we cross the familiar Batinah plain for the last time. At the beginning of the mountains, we...

Today we are back to and over the mountains. If you are wondering why we are driving back to the coast again today - unlike this region in the interior of the country, there are...

The view from the hotel room..

Today we're starting our road trip from Muscat to Sohar. The Batinah plain along the coast is not very appealing - to put it mildly.... That's why we're taking a detour and...

Even in modern Muscat - like in the whole of Oman - the curved dagger - 'Khanjar' - is an essential part of the festive clothing of a respected Omani. In general, tradition is...

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