Tag: Camping

• Northern Musandam: Wadi Khasab

  Days of rest are many here in the UAE.  June 6th is as of now (May 20th of this year) a national holiday here in the UAE called Al Isra’a Wal Miraj in Arabic, الإسراء والمعراج.  It is taught in the Quran to be the day that the Prophet Muhammed traveled to Jerusalem from Mecca […]

  lcmacdonald

  June 9, 2013

  Oman, People, Traveling, wadi

  arabian gulf, Bassa Beach, bluff, Camping, cliff jumping, hiking, khasab, Musandam, Oman, sea shells, snorkeling, steep mountain, swimming

• Camping in Oman – Part 3

  Well we are on to the last leg of this adventure.  Our friends, it turns out, also wrote about the trip: the Andersons and the Palmers.  I found it interesting to read about the same trip from another’s perspective.  A big thank you to both the Palmers and the Andersons for such a wonderful time. […]

  James MacDonald

  November 9, 2012

  Oman, Traveling

  Camping, nature, wadi

• Camping in Oman – Part 2

  The last post concluded with our first morning in Oman.  Friday in the Middle East is the sabbath and so off we went to find the little branch of the church that meets in Muscat. It was about a 2 hour drive from our campsite on the beach outside of Tiwi.  The branch meets in […]

  James MacDonald

  November 3, 2012

  Oman, Traveling

  Camping, corniche, Jebel Akhdar, souk

• Camping in Oman – Part 1

  It has been a few days since we’ve posted.  This is because we’ve been camping in Oman.  Oman is the eastern most country on the Arabian Peninsula.  With borrowed tents, sleeping bags and even a borrowed car we set out with two other families this Eid weekend.  A special thanks to our friends the Palmers […]

  James MacDonald

  October 30, 2012

  Oman

  Camping, g with Kids, Hiking with kids, Oman, Wadi Shab