Category Archives: Travel

After breakfast, I made the final hotel reservation of our trip, so barring any unforeseen changes, the rest of our trip is now solidly planned. Our restaurant reservations for each night in Dubai have also been made, as we learned … Continue reading →

The family split up for the morning, with Sarah and Eloïse going for a swim outside, whilst Papa stayed inside and tried to contact a hotel to make a booking for our stay in Musandam next week. It took a … Continue reading →

After breakfast, we had just enough time to drive back to Salalah’s Frankincense Souq to purchase another kilo of the venerable sap. After checking on-line and discovering that 25 g of the stuff costs half as much back home as a … Continue reading →

After breakfast, we filled up with petrol and headed east out of Salalah, through the town of Taqa, past Wadi Dirbat and towards the village of Tawai Attair, just outside of which there’s a gigantic sinkhole. By the time we … Continue reading →

After breakfast, we drove into Salalah to check out the Frankincense Souq. Some of the stalls and shops weren’t open yet, but there’s a lot of duplication in the products offered, so we were still able to browse properly and … Continue reading →