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Musandam Peninsula
To be honest, I'm not familiar with any part of Oman; however, I recently saw a tour for the UAE and Oman advertised that piqued my interest. The steepness of the roads you described made my knees weak just reading about them! We had a similar "light out in the museum" experience in Tirana, Albania, but fortunately there was some window light. Nice photos!!

Nothing to do in Mirleft ? Hum ... 🙂
In fact, there's plenty to do in Mirleft, and many people spend 10 days there without being able to do all the things they wanted to do after visiting the 7 wonderful beaches and wandering around the hinterland, such as fishing, surfing, paragliding, horse-riding, quad biking or motorcycling. There are lots of nice little restaurants, souvenir shops, craftsmen you can see at work, and also a wonderful private spa (Le Jardin d'Orient) where you can relax on your own, as a couple, with your family, or with friends. Don't miss out on all this on your next visit!

Car Rental in India
Wonderful Blog. Ahmedabad is such a very beautiful historical city. This blog has an amazing information about the destination place and pictures are also beautiful that you mention in your blog.

Chefchaouen
Thanks for your offer of possible recommendations. But, I should have mentioned we are actually on a tour so the itinerary is set. We will spend nights in Rabat, Fez, Erfoud, in the Sahara, Ait Benhaddou, Marrakesh, Essaouira and Casablanca, but will visit many places in between. We are very much looking forward to the trip, but until them I will continue to enjoy your posts on Morocco!

Udaipur Palaces
Three palaces in one blog...man oh man...I can't wait to post them in 'Palaces & Castles' thread in the Photography Forum. Gotta say this is my favourite..but bit restrictive if it doesn't have a backyard!

This is a Red-vented Bulbul
Now you know at least one bird's name! (Its common name is certainly easier to pronounce than its species name: Pycnonotus cafer)

The real India...
...where boys vie to have their photos taken, girls run away and hide, and rubbish is consigned to the river. Thank you for taking me to Poshina - it's been added to my Gujarat itinerary.

Temples and step-wells
Oh boy, there sure are a lot of them in Gujarat!

Desert Coursers
This seems to be the place to stay. Thanks for the information. I'm wondering whether you're actually going into the sanctuary area proper or somehow through a back door! What I've read suggests that entry Monday to Friday is either around 2,600Rs per vehicle for foreigners (25% more at weekends) or 1200Rs per person (1500Rs at weekends) plus 1500Rs vehicle permit, plus guide (around 200 rupees), and a camera charge of anything from 100 to 1,200 Rs. Indians pay tuppence ha'penny for everything of course! What you're paying is a bargain, even if some of it may be going straight into the driver's pocket - and you're seeing so much too. Sounds wonderful. Pity about the beds, but that's common in quite a few hotels, isn't it? I even wrote a blog last year with the title: 'Spring is sprung. I wish the mattress was!'