Our short time in Oman is coming to an end. It seems like a good time for a word on some of our general experiences with religion while traveling in these Islamic countries. More than anywhere else in our lifetime of travels, we felt like foreign guests in Qatar and Oman. Like anywhere else we travel, […]

Read More Oman – Wrapping Up + Islam

Today we popped over to the The National Museum of Oman, in old Muscat. It provided a brief overview of the history of Oman over the last few thousand years, which we were ready to contextualize. Plenty of artifacts from the shipbuilding era along with some nice slick propaganda throwing a bit of shade towards the […]

Read More Oman – Day Two: Historical Muscat and Low Mountains

You’ll see the word wadi all over the place in Oman, and that’s because it’s the Arabic word for valley and there are a ton of them here. It’s an extremely vertical country, which is a big change from Qatar. Wadi Shab translates, more poetically, to “gorge between the cliffs” and it’s one of the […]

Read More Oman – Day One: Wadi Shab

On Sunday we packed up and flew to Oman, on our own. This was our first test. Uber to airport and nobody but surly visa and rental car counter employees to greet us when we arrived in Muscat, Oman. Uber and the Doha airport were uneventful, but Liz got absolutely schooled in a hangman match against […]

Read More Oman – Day Zero

For youtube video, click here! Jennie hired a driver/guide named Wazir to take the four of us dune bashing, an activity that sounds destructive but doesn’t actually leave any real mark on the very fluid sand dunes south of Doha.  It’s about 1 1/2 hrs drive, and then we get to a sort of rally […]

Read More Dune Bashing (sorry Frank)