OFF-ROAD 4WD TOURING DOWN IN THE GORGE OF WADI BANI AWF, IN OMAN I read about one of Oman’s quaint villages, Bilad Sayt, as “tranquil, with an antique old world appeal and its patchwork of terrace farming and traditional houses laid out against the rocky slopes”. But when we get to the top of a …
FRIDAY CATTLE MARKET AT NIZWA SOUK, IN OMAN We arrive at the Friday cattle market at the Nizwa souk to cacophony and colour and see robed Omani men standing in the centre of a small covered arena waiting for the procession of cows for them to bid on and buy. Others, sitting and watching, could …