Tag: Oman
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The Rest of the Story
It’s been 5 months and I finally feel like I can talk about the first few days of our trip to Salalah with our Australian travel mates. To recall our last day near Salalah see this post. I also feel the need to apologise for the long winded nature of this post…but it’s in my…
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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…
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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…