by Marina Bruce | Aug 18, 2015 | Oman: Mountains and Plains, Photo Blogs
This tree can be found clinging onto the rocks, high above the village of Hayl Al Hadab, Jebel Akhdar.
by Marina Bruce | Aug 18, 2015 | Oman: Mountains and Plains
The cool summer temperatures at the top of the green mountain keep calling me back; after enduring 45-50C in Al Ain for the last couple of months it is a very pleasant feeling to walk in the sunshine in temps of 28-32C! I led a group consisting mainly of Oasis Offroad...
by Marina Bruce | May 27, 2015 | Offroad, Oman: Mountains and Plains, Photo Blogs
Don’t look so surprised – surely you expect my “broken” photo to be automotive related? There are lots of wrecks in the desert, vehicles struck down with mechanical issues so far from civilization it would not be viable to recover them; this...
by Marina Bruce | Dec 27, 2014 | Offroad, Oman: Mountains and Plains
This large area of wet/damp/sinking salty mud’s name translates to “mother of all poisons/worries” and to the camel caravans long ago it would have been a formidable obstacle to cross. The “modern” explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger was the...
by Marina Bruce | Dec 2, 2013 | Offroad, Oman, Oman: Mountains and Plains
My regular readers will know that I am pretty ballsy but also that one thing utterly terrifies me – mountain roads. Having recently spent 8 days following Mike Nott through the interior of Oman driving through wadis, plains and mountains I thought I had put...
