Background: In 1970, QABOOS bin Said Al Said ousted his father and has ruled as sultan ever since. His extensive modernization program has opened the country to the outside world and has preserved a long-standing political and military relationship with the UK. Oman's moderate, independent foreign policy has sought to maintain good relations with all Middle Eastern countries.
April 28th 2008Middle East » Oman » Nizwa Wadi Shab
'Wadi' means 'dry river bed' (Wadi Shab is actually a wet river bed, a beautiful emerald green oasis in the desert).
Wadi Shab is wadi in Oman and located between the capital Muscat and ... 6 photos[full story]
April 28th 2008Middle East » Oman » Muscat Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
The Mosque is built from 300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone. The total capacity of the mosque (interior and courtyard) is up to 20,000 worshippers.
What do you do whe ... 4 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008Middle East » Oman After 4 days at sea, we pulled into Salalah. We had been escorted by the Dutch Frigate, HnLms Evertsen since leaving Mombasa and were sorry to see it leave. It's main Mission was to protect Emergenc ... [full story]
April 30th 2008Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula The last couple of days have seen us trawl up more marine life to analyse, quite a few technical problems, with a bit of gear, so have been kept busy with a few more challenging problems - the heat an ... 3 photos[full story]
April 26th 2008Middle East » Oman » Muscat So have almost been at sea a week, completed a number of trawls , a huge range of exciting marine life to sample and sort, as we get closer to the Yemem boarder, more and more unlit fishing boats appe ... [full story]
April 23rd 2008Middle East » Oman I am now in Tashkent, Uzbekistan waiting for my flight to St Petersburg and have some “free” time (I know this could sound horrible to some) and finally found, after a long while, a viable ... 10 photos[full story]
April 21st 2008Middle East » Oman » Muscat Had a fab time at the souq (market) yesterday and got me a dish-dash so can now look like a local. tidying up a few things today then we are off set to sail @ 4.00pm this afternoon, will be a busy mon ... [full story]
April 19th 2008Middle East » Oman » Muscat Had a fantastic couple of days in Dubai, visited many places, the skidubai centre rocked - kind of trippy that it's in the middle of a shopping mall!!! checked out the rest of the City - everything i ... [full story]
April 8th 2008Middle East » Oman » Nizwa Driving tips for Oman:
1) Beware the rotaries. Arabs love rotaries. I don't think I saw a single stop light in Oman outside of Muscat. The only rule in a rotary is if you are in it, you have righ ... 5 photos[full story]
Map of Oman
Oman's Flag
