Green Turtles in Oman for World Turtle Day

Today, 23rd May,  is World Turtle Day – and what

Trucks and Chicks

It was great to have a walk through an Omani Wadi especially as the weather is still to reach over 40c.

Truck passing us in a Wadi

Passing us, trucks with

School visit to Oman

It was nice to organise a school visit through part of northern Oman. Setting off from Muscat we took in one of Omans great wadis, the Green Turtles and the Wahiba Sands.

School visit to Oman

After heavy rains a couple of days before

Serenade of the Seas in Muscat

It will be sad to no longer see the Brilliance of the Seas on her regular visit into Muscat. So we look forward to next seasons visits by the Serenade of the Seas, a sister ship.

Brilliance of the Seas saying goodbye to Muscat

Here on one of the final visits we took guests down

Gershwin and Mendelssohn at the Royal Opera House

We enjoyed an evening of Gershwin and Felix Mendelssohn at the Royal Opera House , while Thunder & Lightning played outside around Muscat.
Gershwin’s music was An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue with piano performance by Alexei Volodin, the acoustics of the auditorium showed off the individual performers superbly.

Royal Opera House Orchestra Dell Accademia Teatro Alla Scala

Mendelssohn’s Symphony no 4 appropriately ‘The Italian’ was played ‘molto