Sorry for how long it has been since my last post, things have been very busy and I have only just got internet sorted at home. There is so much to tell. Oman is a beautiful country although I haven’t had the time to see as much of it as I would have liked to by now. I have made a good bunch of friends and a few other welcome additions to my life, as well as a few people I would gladly avoid, but you get those everywhere! Highlights so far have been sailing on an Extreme40 catamaran with Oman Sail, the day trip to Nizwa, the abuse from some local kids in Nizwa who were gobsmacked to see a white woman wandering around but this was nowhere near as surprising to them as when I gave them a scolding in Arabic, the discovery of a delightful little jewellery shop in Mutrah Souq and its owner who gives discount to “the funny lady with purple hair” and my new found love of chicken shawarma. I realised it had gone from a favourite food item to an obsession when I ate it 4 days in a row!
The heat is proving a bit hard to handle, but it isn’t as bad as I feared it would be. Walking to the shops does feel like you’re doing a marathon in a sauna, but it is just the hot equivalent of a cold wet winter’s day in England! Except instead of scarves and coats you wear sunglasses and factor 30. Right nothing exciting for now I am afraid, but will try to post more now I have better internet access. I have included just a few photos in this posting, to wet your appetite.
