Snapshot: A Quick Whizz round Muttrah Souk
This morning, I found myself unceremoniously dumped in Muscat when I failed to make my connection to Thiruvananthapuram. After catching up on some sleep at the Marjan International (courtesy of Oman Air), I headed out. Simon and I spent a …
Oman: The Mountain of the Sun
It was hot at 8am when Munir, our guide for the day, picked us up at our Muscat hotel in his 4×4. Hot enough, in fact, for my camera lenses to fog when we went outside. Summer temperatures in Oman …
Sultan Qaboos Mosque – Inside
Words and Pictures © Louise Heal 2008
Sultan Qaboos Mosque
Our pre-breakfast trip to the Mosque was impressive. Not least for the number of clothes I had to wear: headscarf, high-necked top with arms draping over my hands, long trousers down to my ankles and then socks covering my feet! …
Muttrah Souk
Only a few photos, alas. The souk was frequently so crowded that photography was almost impossible. If you double-click on the bottom photograph, you can see that the lady at the far right (behind the Soler box) is completely veiled. …
Sunset over Muttrah
One of my friends once read a piece of my travel writing and said “I thought there would be more sunsets”. So here you are Andrew: more sunsets 😉