The Historical Association of Oman publishes a Calender each year . Most images are usually of northern Oman, as thats where the Association is based . This year as a bit of balancing I was happy that a couple of my pictures of the Salalah area could be used.
Incising the Frankincense Tree for the Gum
Here is one, a Frankincense Tree, appropriately the month is December, being cut for its Gum, by a friend of mine.
Categories: Culture · Mountain · Oman · Oman's Nature · People · Salalah
Tagged: Christmas, December, Frankincense, Gum, Oman, Salalah, Tree
After a very nice drive through the Dhofar mountains we arrived in Yemen – where if anything the scenery is more dramatic than in Dhofar.
Enjoying the Yemeni sun
on small beach we had a simple Picnic before turning around, for the drive back to Salalah.
Fortunately we managed to arrive in time for a nice dinner in town.
Categories: Culture · Meals · Mountain · Oman · People · Salalah · Sea · Tour · Yemen
Tagged: Dhofar, Oman, Picnic, Salalah, Yemen
The first of Oman’s grass Golf courses has had a soft opening. Between honey coloured mountains and the Gulf of Oman it will be a great alternative to Oman ‘Browns’, the rollered sand golf course we have had till now
Categories: Culture · Desert · Mountain · Muscat · Oman · Sea
Tagged: Golf, Muscat, Oman
The 'Shinas' in Mina Sultan Qaboos
Oman’s Transport & Communications Ministry has confirmed that it will build two ferry terminals in Khasab and Shinas . These will take the Ferries, enabling cars to be taken on board. Certainly Musandam is not the easiest of places to drive to – it involves 4 border posts each way and a dreadful drive through Ras al Khaimah .
I presume Mina Sultan Qaboos’s quays are good to unload and offload vehicles.
Categories: Mountain · Musandam · Sea · Tour
Tagged: Car Muscat, Khasab, Musandam, Oman, Shinas Ferry
A crawl up the slopes of Jebel Misht and then a very tired stumble back into the car - sunset in the Rub Al Khali and a puncture on the way out – the link – all on my search for the Tropic of Cancer in Oman.
From the Tropic of Cancer – the school in Wadi bani Auf
Its one of the Earths great circles of latitude . Cutting through northern Oman, the Tropic of Cancer crosses some of Oman’s most spectacular scenery and historical places . I journeyed along the Tropic from the place where the sun first touches Oman to its setting .
OmanToday’s June issue has an article of my journey of discovery ‘Chasing the Sun’
Categories: Desert · Mountain · Muscat · Oman · People · Sea
Tagged: Bat, Coast, Desert, Discover, Explore, Gulf of Oman, History, Mountain, Oman, Quriyat, Rub Al Khali, Tropic of Cancer, Wadi bani Auf
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