ossessing the ‘patience of Job’ would not be a bad thing – as I twiddle my fingers waiting for the WiFi aboard ship to share these colourful moments with you. Yesterday, we visited the tomb of Job in the mountains outside Salalah on the southern coast of Oman. Our guide Mohamad related the story of …
Early morning arrival at the port in Muscat – before taking off to the west, up the coast, to the Fish Markets at Barka, and then inland to the dramatically-sited fortress at Nakhal. n our second visit to Oman in as many years, we skip Muscat and head west to Barka with its Fish Market …
Seabourn Sojourn takes us back to Muscat in Oman tomorrow. As we already spent a week there last year, on this occasion we will take a car and guide and visit Barkha village and Nakhl Fortress. You can see the post and photos later in the week. MUSCAT – THE QUEEN OF SHEBA & SINBAD …
I know as much about Qatar as I could glean from a Sri Lankan tour guide on our ‘Doha Highlights Tour’, and he didn’t know much. But still I write! On an hour’s stop at I M Pei’s vaunted Museum of Islamic Art, I learned no more from three Qatari Exhibition attendants, all of whom …
I know we look like a group on our way to the “Exotic Marigold Hotel”, but on this occasion we are not in India, and Maggie Smith is not traveling with us. Our old AMEX friend Jim arrived from New York this morning however to join us (Pam, Ken and me). Hats at the ready …