Oman has always a special place in my heart. I came to Salalah in Southern Oman in search of Cheng Ho/ Zheng He the great navigator and my first visit to Oman was on my way to London from a visit to Zanzibar.. and learn about the interesting history of Zanzibar and Oman and the kind sultans who ruled over both for hundreds of years.
I left India with a mixture of emotions. I am always sad to leave a place, even after short stays which is the case with me, somehow or another, a transition to another place, another mentality and another personality ..
Leaving INDIA behind..
breakfast on board Oman Airways to Muscat Oman
rugged mountain edges and tranquil sea on the approach to Muscat
the portuguese might have sailed up the african coast to witness these lands as there was a portugese presence in the trucial coast
suddenly the city began to appear underneath. concrete amidst the desert with a certain order which seemed not pleasant because of the lack of trees. Deserts present harsh faces of the earth and here it is no different, this land which juts into Rub al Khalil . the empty quarter unknown to mankind until recently
The airport is modern and quiet, the main traffic is to India and the gulf states. Nice to see Omani citizens at work at the airport. The arrival process was painless and I was given a visa on arrival and I made my way up to the arrival lounge to have a shower and freshen myself up for the journey into town
while at the lounge I did have a little snack and some sparkling water, knowing that soon I will have to search for these things
Oman has always been about protecting the rights and welfare of its citizens under the magnanimity of Sultan Qaboos.
The taxi drivers licence are given only to Omani citizens which is so different from other gulf states where the chance that your driver would be called Mohammed and would be from Kerala.
Omani men wear their traditional dress and within a very short time I was at the Hilton Garden Inn in the suburb within the sight of the ocean.
Welcome to Oman.
the Cuban ambassador to Oman is resident in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and when I talked to him, I expressed my good feelings about Oman and its people and hope that we can have a project similar to the one we have in Qatar..
I left India with a mixture of emotions. I am always sad to leave a place, even after short stays which is the case with me, somehow or another, a transition to another place, another mentality and another personality ..
The taxi drivers licence are given only to Omani citizens which is so different from other gulf states where the chance that your driver would be called Mohammed and would be from Kerala.
Omani men wear their traditional dress and within a very short time I was at the Hilton Garden Inn in the suburb within the sight of the ocean.
Welcome to Oman.
the Cuban ambassador to Oman is resident in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and when I talked to him, I expressed my good feelings about Oman and its people and hope that we can have a project similar to the one we have in Qatar..
