Oman

Stories from Thousands and One Night seem to come true in the magic country of Oman. Clear nights full of stars, mosques that shine in thousands of colours, evergreen date palms and ‘Wadis’ as far as the eye can see. The hospitality of the people is admirable. On plenty of occasions we were invited for a “khawa” (traditional Arabic coffee) with dates and during our first night out with the car, a nice policeman offered us a room in his house to spend the night.From the majestic capital Muscat we drove with our rental car to the Harbour-City Sur, continued towards the turtle nesting beach of ‘Ras al Jinz’ before ending in the orange coloured desert dunes of the Sharqiya sands. We drove through mountain chains and rocky deserts, while enjoying the perfect quality of the roads. A glance into one of the deepest canyon of the Arabian Peninsula, the Jebel Shams, reminded us how small we really are. The only difficulty that we encountered in Oman was the fact that there are almost no hotels in the cities and if there are, they are really expensive. Nevertheless, we managed our way around the country and were amazed by the breath-taking views on our way.

Next Stop: The Islamic Republic of Iran :)