Today started out much the same way as yesterday, I spent the morning in my room as I only had it until 12pm. So I spent this time watching TV and resting. After I had to relinquish my room, I packed up, got dressed and went to check out and pay my bill. I had then decided to spend the day in Muttrah to kill time until 6pm when I would need to go to the airport. So I caught a taxi which cost two rials, an absurd amount to travel such a short distance, but h...

This morning I had my orientation tour of Muscat, I met my guide Masida in the hotel lobby at 8am. To my delight he was dressed in his traditional while outfit and wore a small round colourful hat. I was the only one on the tour so I sat up front with the guide and just chatted to him in between the guiding. The first stop was the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. The mosque is made out of a beige coloured marble with a brilliant gold dome and five minarets, repr...

After arriving at my hotel in Muscat this morning and after a very long journey from Phuket, Thailand, I freshened up and went out for a bit of a look around. I left the hotel and realized I was surrounded by mountains, all the buildings were white and there was not another tourist or traveler in sight. Marvelous! I walked under the fly over and down the road the hotel is on and ran right into the Sultan Qaboos Mosque, the most famous mosque in Muscat. It ...