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Muscat – Day 5
So, in the end we decided not to fly out today. Give ourselves one day to just relax in Muscat before continuing on our way. After all of the go, no-go of Khasab we’ve earned that much, right? And we’re sure you won’t mind our decision either. What to do, what to do? We wanted…
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Muscat – Day 4
Well… let’s hope that today we get to take off and actually get to Khasab. Since we were told that this happens often, and we’re not hopeful on actually leaving today… we’re going blind. We didn’t book a hotel or anything in Khasab, that way we don’t have to cancel again. We did check however,…
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Muscat – Day 3
Today is the day we’ve really been waiting for, post-World Cup of course. Time to go to Khasab! Now you may not have heard of Khasab before, but now you’ll be able to tell everyone that you know this random Omani fact. Oman is not a contiguous country, it has exclaves that are surrounded by…
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Muscat – Day 2
Well, after seeing the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque last night, we knew we had to go today. So, with that in mind we headed off. The mosque is only open to non-Muslims from 8 to 11 am and you must dress conservatively. Walking around the mosque yesterday we saw that renting clothing in the vicinity…
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Muscat (Oman) – Day 1
Well… we will call today “Day 1” because last night we landed so late and didn’t do anything but go to the hotel, but we will tell you about it anyway. Landing in Oman was easy. Pretty dark out, that’s for sure. The terminal had a few welcome things to greet us and then it…