by Ian | Dec 31, 2019 | Oman
Turning the Page – The New Year Lying on the southern shore of the Gulf of Oman, Muscat has been an important trading hub for more than 2000 years. Today it is the capital city of Oman which is located on the eastern edge of the Arabian peninsula. The northern coast...
by Ian | Jan 3, 2020 | Oman
Liminal Space in the Desert A convoy of four-by-fours sped out across the dusty plain of packed sand, a highway coursing between undulating dunes, and kicking up fine particles of orange dust as they slalomed around the few trees that were sufficiently robust to...
by Ian | Jan 6, 2020 | Oman
Driving Oman Highway 17 breaks off from Sultan Qaboos St, also known as highway 1 that runs the length of the city of Muscat from west to east, and heads due south into the desert and around jagged rolling piles of mountainous desert rubble. The highways are wide and...