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Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula » Khasab March 8th 2017

Geo: 26.171, 56.2406After a poor nights sleep I am awoken by a clarion call of different alarms at 06.15. So paranoid that we would oversleep and miss our excursion we set alarms on both our phones and the in-room telephone. They all went off simultaneously. Today we are in Khasab. Khasab is a city in an enclave of Oman bordering the United Arab Emirates called Musandam.The Musandam Peninsula has an abundance of sheltered fjords, created by fragmented rock they stretch claw-like into the sea and massive overshadowing cliffs tower above. The coast juts into the Strait of Hormuz and extends some 600 kilometres. These spectacular fjords have given the area a second name "The Norway of Arabia".We shower and grab a quick breakfast before heading down to the aft bar to collect our tour stickers (No ... read more
Dhow. Cool and comfortable
Dhows await
Fjords

Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula » Khasab March 8th 2017

Geo: 26.171, 56.2406After a poor nights sleep I am awoken by a clarion call of different alarms at 06.15. So paranoid that we would oversleep and miss our excursion we set alarms on both our phones and the in-room telephone. They all went off simultaneously. Today we are in Khasab. Khasab is a city in an enclave of Oman bordering the United Arab Emirates called Musandam.The Musandam Peninsula has an abundance of sheltered fjords, created by fragmented rock they stretch claw-like into the sea and massive overshadowing cliffs tower above. The coast juts into the Strait of Hormuz and extends some 600 kilometres. These spectacular fjords have given the area a second name "The Norway of Arabia".We shower and grab a quick breakfast before heading down to the aft bar to collect our tour stickers (No ... read more
Dhow. Cool and comfortable
Dhows await
Fjords

Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula » Khasab December 22nd 2015

Geo: 26.171, 56.2406Esta vez tomamos la excursión de viajar en un Dhow por los fiordos (khor) de Khasab. Hicimos una parada para ver delfines. Y otra parada más en la Telegraph Island para nadar un rato en agua extra-salada. Aquí había banana-fish, pececillos que comen banana. Y dada la salinidad era casi imposible mantenerse bajo el agua. Estuvimos platicando con una familia de Atlanta que llevaba 3 años, muy contentos, viviendo en Kuwait. Al regresar tomamos la siesta. Y luego fuimos a ver el show de los Beatles Celebration.... read more

Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula » Khasab September 11th 2010

Musandam - A day of sun and sand. Seen dolphins, shooting stars, giant crabs and telegraph island! ... read more
Bukha Fort
Bukha Entrance
Dolphin Pod

Middle East » Oman » Musandam Peninsula » Khasab January 9th 2009

Gestern haben wir einen Kurztrip in den Oman gemacht. Ziel unseres Ausflugs war Musandam. Dies ist die Spitze der arabischen Halbinsel und man ist erstaunt wie nah man auf einmal dem Iran ist. Wir fuhren durch die arabischen Emirate (Dubai, Sharja, Adjman, Um Su´Quaim, Ras al Kaihman) und haben nach einer kleinen Suche auch die Grenze zum Oman entdeckt. Der Grenzübergang ist natürlich nicht so einfach wie der in der EU. Wobei das Schwierige nicht das Ausfüllen der Papiere oder die 2-3 unterschiedlichen "Haltestelle" je Grenzland waren, sondern wir mussten für den Grenzübergang Geld bezahlen. Das habe ich bisher noch nie erlebt. (nur wenn im Vorfeld Gebühren für ein Visa anfielen) Naja, wir waren dann schließich 35 € leichter, aber im Oman.... Wir sind dann die Küstenstraße bis Khasab entlang gefahren und waren beeindruckt von der ... read more
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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
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