Travel pictures
Oman had been on my bucket list for long. In January 2023 I went there with a colleague and three female friends from the Travellers Club Denmark. We had a spectacular trip, starting in Muscat visiting souqs, fish market and the Sultan's Palace. The mood was mellow in the sunset with the calls of the minarets and the cries of the birds. From Muscat we made it on a Road trip to anicent UNESCO sites of Bat and Al Ayn with beehive graves. Through a spectacular and dangerous mountain road we made it to Jebel Shams, stayed in beduin tents and walked the Balcony Walk along this Omani Grand Canyon. truly magnificent. We visited traditional mud house villages of Misfat and Al Hamra and the ancient fort in Bahla. We stayed two nights in Nizwa, visiting famous water channels, abandoned villages and the quaint Green Mountains. Next we made it to the true desert in Wahiba sands, stayed in a beduin camp and bashed the dunes in a huge 4WD. The desert was truly amazing, sitting under the stars along a fire, probably the most archetypical human experience. The next day we made it to beautiful oasis village of Wadi Bani Khalid and swam the cold, blue waters. Finally,, we made it to the coast in Sur, stayed in a chalet at the beach and visited UNESCO site of Qalhat and oasis valley of Wadi Shab.
