Desert Camping_20130221

After a kind of a very hectic week, the week was crowned with a lovely weekend. I was invited for a desert camping with some totally new friends; it was a good opportunity to go out enjoy the nature and meet some interesting people.

The trip started at the meeting point where some of the guys agreed to meet at. Not all of them had a four-wheel drive cars and for those who don't have a four-wheel drive cars (like me) we had to park our cars at the meeting point and join others who had a four wheel drive cars.

The first stop in our trip was a place called "Tab'bat Ga'adan" it's a low level spot surrounded by high mountains of dune sand. The place was very crowded and it seemed to me like a very popular place for people who have passion about desert drifting and smashing the engine of their cars while fighting the dune sands. I'm not very much into such activity but it was nice to see it.

Here below are some of the pictures at "Tab'bat Ga'adan"

The second stop was where we had to stay over night, its a lovely beach called "Sawadi Beach", the people were very interesting, and it was the birthday of one of the guys so we had dinner, then candles in the cake and we sang for him. It was really lovely. 

In the morning, we had our breakfast, then we started moving back to Muscat. Here are some of the pictures taken at Sawadi Beach.

Walk Around Muscat_20130214

Last weekend I was suppose to join a photography walk around the Hertiage Village at Muscat Festival but the guys turned up so late and had to go around alone and take pictures. It was very nice to see part of Oman's culture and traditions. Here below are some of these pictures taken during the walk.

Walk Around Muscat_20130207

Just finished my first weekend in Muscat, did nothing in fact other than driving around and getting to know and explore such a lovely city.

The weekend days in Oman is on Thursday and Friday, started my day on Thursday at Mutrah Area, just parked my car and walked all over this city with its lovely scenery, beautiful sea view, mountains, fish market and the famous Mutrah Souq with its gift shops, and traditional vibes.

I have posted here some of  the nice pictures that was taken during the walk around and under each one, there is a little description of what the does the picture include.

The sign board written in Arabic letters for Muscat wholesale market for vegetables, fruits, meat and fish

 An old Omani house near the Fish Market

 A man selling his fish in Muscat fish market

 A picturesque view from Mutrah coast walkway 

 A man feeding birds at Mutrah Coast Walkway

 The main entrance of Mutrah Souq

 An old fort on top of the mountains

 A view of AlBahari Road at Mutrah

 Wave breakers along the coast line at Mutrah

 A lovely couple sharing the walk with me at Mutrah

 The entrance to Ghalya's Museum of Modern Art

 Wall paintings at the entrance of Ghalya's Museum of Modern Art

 Wall paintings at the entrance of Ghalya's Museum of Modern Art

 Bait Al Baranda Museum

 A part of the ceiling at Mutrah Souq ... Lovely paintings

 Mosque

 Oman Royal Court

 Lovely flowers around the Royal Court

 Al Bustan Round About at Qantab

 Old Fort near the Royal Court

 A lovely view for a Yacht Club

Water Sports Club

I feel so blessed with all the scenery around me, the above pictures are just the beginning in my exploration tour to discover Oman. Will be posting more pictures as the tour continues.