We were planning on going camping again this weekend, but for alcohol related reasons we weren't feeling too pretty on Thursday morning and instead decided to head into the city of Muscat, which is roughly a half hour drive from the school, for a poke around. Well actually we explored Muttrah, which is the in essence the port district, a short distance away from the main city itself.
Nothing too exciting to report - we had a wonder around the area, the highlight of which was a visit to the main souk. I was expecting to be pestered incessently by the shop-keepers, as was the experience in Istanbul, but in typical Omani fashion, they couldn't really bothered putting too much effort into it all. As we passed by they'd just offer a hopeful: "Kummah? ... Frankincense?" The "hard sell" definitely wasn't on the cards. I liked that.
Yesterday we just chilled at the gorgeous beach by the Dive centre, basking in the 38degC heat. In the words of Colesy, "Oh yeah, that's how we roll..."
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