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 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]
January 26th 2008Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula » Khasab
Well Oman this time around. About four hours drive with a lot of stops for photos. Hotel was good and so were the people. Did a dhow tour, lil bit of trekking and getting wet in the rain. Saw lots o ... 66 photos[full story]
December 23rd 2007Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula Well today saw the Ade family circus leave Khasab to venture back into the wilds of the UAE. We counted our blessing as we left Khasab that we had done the dhow cruise the day before as a rather stiff ... 18 photos[full story]
December 22nd 2007Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula Well today saw us getting up and making our way off to our Dhow adventure. I had booked a dhow cruise for us all in the fjords of the musandam. When we arrived at the wharf there were about 7 dhows al ... 17 photos[full story]
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