Making the steep climb by car up to Jebel Akhdar I arrived in the late afternoon to join the celebrations for a friend’s wedding . The formal betrothal had taken place last year and today would be the start of married life. Of course, it was a busy affair, as all Omani weddings are, with probably most households in the village joining in . Since this was a ‘town persons’ wedding we set off, in a queue of cars , to take the bride to the grooms home .
The car with Bride and Groom arrives
The next day I managed to have an early morning walk through the mountains before having a very enjoyable lunch at a simple reception to congratulate the groom
A Date Palm in the Mountains of Oman
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Categories: Culture · Meals · Mountain · Oman
Tagged: Bride, Date fruit, Groom, Jebel Akhdar, Mountains, Oman, Wedding
A Steppe Eagle in the sky above Salalah Oman 2
Each summer the Indian Ocean Monsoon sweeps along the slopes of the Dhofar Mountains creating a mid-summer change of climate ‘The Khareef’ . Trees come into leaf , grass and other flowering plants carpet open areas. The temperature plunges from a truly sizzling 50+c over the crest of the hills, to a very pleasant mid20’s c on the sea facing slopes and coastal plain.
White Stork fly in Dhofar
Driving down from Muscat I arrived in Salalah just as the first of the White Storks and migratory Eagles arrived for the winter . The storks spread through the hills feeding on insects; they also congregate in an area next to hundreds of eagles. This is a somewhat hazardous proximity; though I have not seen an Eagle bring down a live flying stork – I have seen Eagles waiting patiently for an injured stork to die. Perhaps there was more to that event than serendipity .
Categories: Oman · Oman's Nature · Salalah
Tagged: Bird Migration, Dhofar, Eagle, Khareef, Monsoon, Mountains, Oman, Oman Birds, oman blog, Salalah, White Stork, صلالة
