This weekend is a busy one for The Nomads. Last Friday, together with our friend, Doctor Saji, we left our hometown of Ibra. We took our lunch and shopped in Muscat. At around 2:00pm, we were joined by Ma’am Fanny and her daughter Janjan. We checked in at Naseem Hotel in Muttrah. Did some window shopping and strolled along the Muttrah Corniche. Then, we left the Bay of Oman and travelled to the mountains to reach the town of Nizwa. And really, what a weekend it was.
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Avenues Mall Muscat
This is by far the biggest mall that we have visited in all of Muscat at least by size. Yesterday, we visited the newly opened Avenues Mall in Muscat. The mall is in the same location as the Lulu Hypermarket in Bawshar, just opposite the Muscat Grand Mall.
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Muscat International Jewellery and Gold Exhibition 2015
Gold, diamonds, precious stones abound at the Oman International Exhibition Center where the Muscat International Jewellery and Gold Exhibition was being held. This was the sixth of this kind of event but the first one that we attended.
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Muttrah Souq and Muttrah Corniche
Muttrah Souq is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Muscat. The place is a labyrinth of different shops that sells trinkets, perfumes, ornaments, jewelries, and a lot more.
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Turtle Watching in Ras Al Jinz
Our original plan was to rent a tent for our overnight stay, go turtle watching, get back to our tent, watch the stars and have fun until the morning comes. But some unexpected things happened and we were instead taken on a roller-coaster kind of trip.
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Old Ibra Town
It’s a Friday. And here in the Middle East, Friday is a non-working day. They call it Yom al-Jumah which is a weekly holiday for them. Families come together and share stories of the week. And so it is holiday for us too.
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Wadi Bani Khalid Oasis
I have been to this place once and I will never get tired of coming here. The Wadi Bani Khalid Oasis is located at the Sharqiyah Region of the Sultanate of Oman.
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Bidiyah Museum
It was the 28th of March and this date is special. We went for a dip in the water pools of Wadi Bani Khalid and then proceeded to Bidiyah which is famous for its sand dunes. Here is our story:
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Beach Camping in Shinas
The month of November is almost over and the month of Christmas is fast approaching. We went to Shinas looking for crabs but we didn’t know it was not the right time for catching them. The catch is not as what we expected but the joy of “hunting” them and camping in the beach is the real catch.
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Aklan and Boracay Island Escapade
The Solanos invited us for a vacation in their hometown of Aklan and who are we refuse such an invitation? So coming from three different parts of Luzon: Art from Manila, The Solanos from Cavite and The Nomads together with my brother and my sister-in-law from Batangas, took a plane ride headed southward to Caticlan, ready for a new adventure.
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