Well Bree finally made it so the Oman adventure can truly begin. Within hours of her arrival, we have looked at houses to live in, been transported through a wormhole in a suq (big, crazy, maze-like market), and taken a boat down the beautiful Omani coast.
First, a few pictures from around Muscat:
The Grand Mosque.
Fast food: America’s gift to the world.
This is a picture of us after we got out of the suq. A suq is an Omani market where you can find everything from saffron to watches to plastic trinkets to burkas. Bree was particularly popular, with shop owners imploring her to take a look at their jewelry, watches, whatever. I wish we’d taken pictures in the suq because its hard to adequately describe with words. Alley upon alley of shops are packed to the gills with people shopping and others hawking their wares. Somehow, we made it out of the maze all the way on the other side of the city. It seemed like we were in there for 15 minutes only to realize it was more like an hour. Good times.
Today we paid a guy 20 Rials to take us up and down the coast for a few hours. The coast here is unbelievably beautiful, and the water is so clear you can see the bottom in 10+ feet of water some places. Here are a few pictures:
And then we cooled off after a hot (115 degree) day in the sun. At least it’s a dry heat…..
i really really really want to come visit! :) looks fabulous! and glad to hear you found a place to live and are enjoying Oman so far. miss you both. xoxo, at
ReplyDeleteI have just finished showing Wanda and the girls your blog. They are here for the weekend. All sounded great, if you don't mind visiting an inferno.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you are adjusting so well, but don't get used to it. I can't wait until we meet up.