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Well, what can you say about the Burj Al Arab that hasn’t been said already? Let’s start at the beginning. Breakfast wasn’t included with our hotel room, so we had breakfast at Café Undici, a nice place popular with locals. … Continue reading →

We hit the road at about 10:00 today, stopped for a few photos on the way out of Musandam, and eventually reached the border by 11:00. It was a simpler affair on the way out: no fees to pay and … Continue reading →

What a day. We’re knackered, and I do speak for all of us. Our speedboat was a partially covered affair with two outboard motors. We set off from Khasab harbour pretty punctually, after the food and drink had been loaded … Continue reading →

Breakfast at the Khasab Hotel is definitely the worst of our trip (so far, I should say, but we’re in the home straight now). It consisted today of white bread, some of which was toasted, and some individually wrapped portions … Continue reading →

Today has been a long day; our longest, I think, in terms of kilometres travelled and without a doubt the longest day of driving. Because we have to time our departures around Eloïse’s sleep patterns, we revisited the Family Park … Continue reading →