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Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula December 22nd 2007

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 all lined up and the nice man who greeted us told us that we were on Dhow #4 today. So we climbed over the first three dhows and settled ourselves in on Dhow # 4. Out dhow soon filled up with Indian families and we got a rather large surprise when the owner, and our host on board the dhow Mohammed, came over to us and asked if we would prefer to move to another one of the dhows, in fact if we would prefer to move to the European dhow. I couldn’t believe that ... read more
Me on the Dhow
Dad on the Dhow
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Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula September 22nd 2007

Chelle finally made it diving in the UAE. Yesterday morning at the ungodly hour of 4:30am she got up and headed off to the Jumeirah Beach Hotel to join a group of divers heading up to the Musandam peninsular in Oman. The trip was rather long. 2 hours in a bus and then another 2 hours on a Dhow. However the Dhow was lovely and Chelle spent her time on a sun lounger on the deck reading a book (one of the 22 that she brought from a charity book sale the day before :) The diving itself wasn't all that flash it has to be said. Poor old Chelle has dived in a few locations around the world and it appears that she has now become a bit of a dive snob. Anything less that ... read more
The Musandam
Musandam
Chelle on the dive boat

Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula October 27th 2006

It took me about 2 hours drive from Dubai, UAE to the Musandam, Oman. But it took some time for the custom to process the exit & entry. To exit from the UAE it cost AED 60 and AED 20 enter into Oman, anyhow there is no charges to return back to UAE. I took the afternoon Sea Adventure trip (AED 150). The main activities is to see the Dophin, mountain seeing and snokering. ... read more
Musandam 02
Musandam 03
Musandam 04

Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula » Khasab April 24th 2006

It was an early start this morning and the muezzins call to prayer belted out across the city by loud speaker makes alarm clocks unnecessary. The first time you experience this it is incredibly exotic but after about the second day you start sticking in ear plugs, I am glad that it is banned at home. My bus arrived on time and we were on our way it took roughly an hour to pick up the tourists and travel through Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al-Qaiwain and Ajman three of the smaller Emirites to the border post at Tibat, Ajman is so small I could not be certain we were there, I wont be visiting the remaining Emirite Fujairah on this trip. The border process took some time but eventually we were through and followed this amazing ... read more
Khsab Harbour
Mode of Transport
View of the Deck




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