by Marina Bruce | Jun 26, 2013 | Oman, Oman: Mountains and Plains, Oman: Seaside
I hadn’t ventured very far since my run-in with the camel, so we planned a weekend on the Oman side of Dibba to co-incide with the largest and brightest full moon of 2013. Deviating from our normal route to the East Coast, we headed to Musandam via Dubai and...
by Marina Bruce | Mar 27, 2013 | Oman: Seaside
We’ve a special visitor just now – our 20 year old son Cam is over for a fortnight – when asked what/where he would like to go and see and do he requested a visit to Oman for a few days. We crossed over to Oman via the Mezyad/Hafeet border, then...
by Marina Bruce | Feb 4, 2013 | Oman: Seaside
I had planned only one night in Sur but was so tired after my day in Wadi Shab (walked/scrambled/waded 6kms approx!) that I stayed another night at the Sur Plaza. On Saturday my friend had told me that bad weather was forecast for Sur in the latter part of the day,...
by Marina Bruce | Feb 4, 2013 | Oman: Seaside
Starting the Day at Sur After a restful night and a lazy breakfast at the Sur Plaza Hotel, I headed down to the “dhow building” area. I planned to get some good pictures of the new-ish suspension bridge and the watchtowers on top of the hill. It...
by Marina Bruce | Feb 1, 2013 | Oman: Seaside
Following on from the great day out I had with my hubby in Sur on boxing day I decided to make a return visit and do some of the things we didn’t have time to in December. I hit the road from Muscat early to cover the 200, or was it 300km, journey by...
by Marina Bruce | Jan 31, 2013 | Oman, Oman: Seaside
January 2013: Oman exploring day Two: After a lazy morning I headed towards the Muttrah area of Oman which is famous for its harbour and its souq. Today, as throughout the months of December to March, they were of mutual benefit – a huge cruise liner was...
