‘Oman Living Traditions’ Abdullah Al Shuhi’s new book

Hot on the heels of Tonny’s art exhibition, Abdullah Al Shuhi has launched his new book ‘Oman Living Traditions’.

Abdullah Al-Shuhi Photographer

Salalah in Oman

We arrived into Salalah from Muscat, where the temperature over Eid was in the mid 40s centigrade, into a cool reception in Salalah Oman.  Cool from a temperature point of view as it was in the mid 20s centigrade

Happy New Year from Oman

What a nice start to the New Year in Oman – snow on the mountains a few days ago and dazzingly clear skys in Muscat.

1/1/11 ........ 1 Camel, 1 drinking trough and 11 White Storks in Salalah Oman

Of course its going to be a year full of the unexpected, but a certainty is that there will be but lots of 1′s – as here on 1/1/11 .

Camel Polo

A bit different

BBC video clip

Camel polo – using not the original camel the Dromedary – but the impostor, the two humped variety – a Bactrian .

Wadi in Oman

Seagulls descend on fish scraps in Oman

Oman’s beachs sometimes have huge numbers of sea birds, mainly Gulls and Terns. Here, on a beach I was driving past, large numbers of Gulls descend on fish scraps thrown away by fishermen .This beach is long with the gulls concentrated where the fishing boats beach to offload their catch.

A Camels dashes through an Oman Wadi at dusk

With so many birds I sometimes prefer the silence of Oman’s wadis to sleep in; so I drove through this wadi as the sun set – passing this camel who was in a bit of a rush to get somewhere. The night was nice and cool – and the bright full moon lit up the landscape till dawn.