We left Wahiba Sands and drove the inland route through to Nizwa, driving through the desolate landscape which was unremarkable yet had a stark beauty about it. Suddenly the barren mountains that we'd seen surrounding Muscat where back on the horizon and it wasn't long before we where in Niza, which we discovered is this years 'Islamic Capital of Culture'. We spent a few hours wandering Nizwa Fort, It offered wonderful views of the city hemmed in by mountains, with date palms and mosques rising over the residential buildings. Annoying at the wrong time of day at the souq was closed but vowed to return the next evening. Nizwa and it's surrounds is famous for the many forts that dot the landscape and the next day we visited a couple more... first off was Jabrin Fort,
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