A Road Trip to Sur, Oman
So here it finally is. A long overdue picture-filled post. This is just the first of two I have ready to post here on my travels-and-other-adventures chronicling blog.
During Eid al Fitr, on the 3rd to 5th days of October this year, my family and I geared ourselves for a much-anticipated road adventure to Sur (صور), a capital city of Ash Sharqiyah Region southeast of Muscat and on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. The trip from Muscat to Sur by road took about 4 hours. It was a really cool evening by the time we arrived and we just had supper at a club. We then headed to our villa of temporary residence at the residential compound of Oman LNG, the company my dad worked for when he first came to Oman in the 1990's. We spent a lot of our day times in that villa and during our second evening, we took a long drive to the turtle beach where we came face to face with the big green turtles (a picture or two of these turtles, unfortunately, will have to wait). We simply headed back to Muscat by the time the calendar hit the 5th of October. Below is a blog-style gallery of a rich collection of pictures taken by my handy digicam from the car and in some moments out of the car (while at the villa). So without further ado, I present the wondrous beauty of nature in the desert, at sea, at sunrise and at sunset. Enjoy!
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The desert-packed and seaside Sur. Top Photo: A magnificent camel. + Bottom Left Photo: A scenery-shot on the way back, coming from Sur. + Bottom Right Photo: The road leaving Sur.
A Wonderful and Memorable Trip to Sur, Oman
Photographs Along the Way and During Our Stay
Sur, Sultanate of Oman
3rd-5th October, 2008
On the Road Coming to Sur. Those scenic mountains.
A Camel!
left photo: the camel right next to our car. Help! It's a dinosaur invasion in Jurassic Park!!! + right photo: Bye, bye, Camel!
Lots of sand.
left photo: passing a 'gate'. + right photo: there was a storm. A sand storm!
The Sand Storm.
All the haze along the way. Thank you, abundance of wind and sand.
Driving behind a white car.
And heading towards the mountains!
More sights along the way.
Cruising down that road.
The mountains and everything
under the bright sun.
Finally Home!
Well, our temporary staying place.
first two photos from left: my bright lemony-coloured bed. far right photo: I in my room for the trip.
All the villas in the residential compound the next early morning.
Picture taken from the balcony.
Morning Scenes.
The Marvellous Sunrise
The morning creeps in...
Hark the Sunrise!
Respite.
My lazy fat little brother stuck to the couch while watching morning TV in the enclosed and separate family/TV room.
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Our Villa for Our Stay
Driving out for the day.
Railings by the sea.
That Bottle of Water
abandoned by someone. How cruel. Poor, lonely bottle...
Mountains along the way
Those bending and hilly roads.
More well-sculpted mountains.
Vast desertland.
Desert Trees
The sun setting on those trees...
More scenes along the way...
left photo: The dusk as the day wrapped up. + right photo: Finally leaving. The villa we stayed in as we left.
Leaving Sur...
It's the Billy Gruffs. Bad Goats! Messing the trash.
Driving on the new scenic seaside road.
Via this new road, our trip time back to Muscat was cut by half!
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Leaving Sur...
Now you can guess what one main thing the folks at Sur preoccupy themselves with. Fishing!
That wraps up my first picto-narration in a while. Another one to come!
In the meantime, happy holidays!
During Eid al Fitr, on the 3rd to 5th days of October this year, my family and I geared ourselves for a much-anticipated road adventure to Sur (صور), a capital city of Ash Sharqiyah Region southeast of Muscat and on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. The trip from Muscat to Sur by road took about 4 hours. It was a really cool evening by the time we arrived and we just had supper at a club. We then headed to our villa of temporary residence at the residential compound of Oman LNG, the company my dad worked for when he first came to Oman in the 1990's. We spent a lot of our day times in that villa and during our second evening, we took a long drive to the turtle beach where we came face to face with the big green turtles (a picture or two of these turtles, unfortunately, will have to wait). We simply headed back to Muscat by the time the calendar hit the 5th of October. Below is a blog-style gallery of a rich collection of pictures taken by my handy digicam from the car and in some moments out of the car (while at the villa). So without further ado, I present the wondrous beauty of nature in the desert, at sea, at sunrise and at sunset. Enjoy!
.
The desert-packed and seaside Sur. Top Photo: A magnificent camel. + Bottom Left Photo: A scenery-shot on the way back, coming from Sur. + Bottom Right Photo: The road leaving Sur.
A Wonderful and Memorable Trip to Sur, Oman
Photographs Along the Way and During Our Stay
Sur, Sultanate of Oman
3rd-5th October, 2008
On the Road Coming to Sur. Those scenic mountains.
A Camel!
left photo: the camel right next to our car. Help! It's a dinosaur invasion in Jurassic Park!!! + right photo: Bye, bye, Camel!
Lots of sand.
left photo: passing a 'gate'. + right photo: there was a storm. A sand storm!
The Sand Storm.
All the haze along the way. Thank you, abundance of wind and sand.
Driving behind a white car.
And heading towards the mountains!
More sights along the way.
Cruising down that road.
The mountains and everything
under the bright sun.
Finally Home!
Well, our temporary staying place.
first two photos from left: my bright lemony-coloured bed. far right photo: I in my room for the trip.
All the villas in the residential compound the next early morning.
Picture taken from the balcony.
Morning Scenes.
The Marvellous Sunrise
The morning creeps in...
Hark the Sunrise!
Respite.
My lazy fat little brother stuck to the couch while watching morning TV in the enclosed and separate family/TV room.
.
Our Villa for Our Stay
Driving out for the day.
Railings by the sea.
That Bottle of Water
abandoned by someone. How cruel. Poor, lonely bottle...
Mountains along the way
Those bending and hilly roads.
More well-sculpted mountains.
Vast desertland.
Desert Trees
The sun setting on those trees...
More scenes along the way...
left photo: The dusk as the day wrapped up. + right photo: Finally leaving. The villa we stayed in as we left.
Leaving Sur...
It's the Billy Gruffs. Bad Goats! Messing the trash.
Driving on the new scenic seaside road.
Via this new road, our trip time back to Muscat was cut by half!
.
Leaving Sur...
Now you can guess what one main thing the folks at Sur preoccupy themselves with. Fishing!
That wraps up my first picto-narration in a while. Another one to come!
In the meantime, happy holidays!