Sometimes referred to as Oman’s Route 66, the coastal route between Muscat and Sur offers a selection of Oman’s best sights, packed into a 200km stretch of road. For almost all of the route you have the blue-green Arabian Gulf on one side, and the vast Eastern Hajar Mountains on the ...
OMAN’S WESTERN HAJAR MOUNTIANS: JEBEL SHAMS AND JEBEL AKHDAR
Oman’s Al Hajar Mountains begin in the Musandam Peninsula, and stretch across the entire north east of the country to Sur. The section to the southwest of Muscat, known as the Western Hajar, is home to the highest and most dramatic summits - Jebel Akhdar and Jebel Shams. Given its high peaks and ...
SOUTHERN ICELAND ROAD TRIP – A DETAILED ITINERARY
I put off booking my first trip to Iceland for years. Not because I didn’t want to go – I really, really, really wanted to go. But I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to visit in the summer or the winter. Now that I have been to Iceland, I realise this is entirely the wrong question… the answer is ...