Today we docked in Oman - Salalah, at daybreak.
We opted for a tour - The Frankincense Trail.
This involved a drive up through the desert to see a frankincense tree, a toilet stop, a visit to the coast to see blowholes & then on to Job's Tomb, a further toilet stop & then back to the ship.
This sounded rather better than it turned out to be.
The scenery was fascinating - desert with camels & frankincense trees. Why we chose one particular tree I don't know. The camels eat them, there is nothing else to eat.
The coast was lovely - 2000 miles of it in all. The tide was out so the blowholes were merely "belching", rather than the 20metre gush that was intimated.
Job (you all know him - had a bit of a bad time with God, then things got much better) has a pretty non-descript tiled tomb with a footprint outside.
The ladies didn't like the toilets as they were "squatters" (toilets, not the ladies!)
Salalah has a monsoon from 8 June to 18 Sept & is then a holiday resort.
It is all new with not a great deal to see otherwise.
We spent the pm on the deck in warm sunshine, watched the sun go down & then went to the gym before dinner.
There is a "Pirates' Party" on the Aft Deck - I hope that there are no gatecrashers!
At sea tomorrow & then a day in Muscat, still in Oman.
6 comments:
What is a poop deck?
It's like a dog's egg.
And a quarter deck?
You have to "google" these queries - you never believe what I tell you anyway & our connection here is slow & expensive.
I reckon the poop deck is the top one on the bow, for what it's worth, where the hooter deafens you when you enter/leave port - "poop, poop".
g
Blog won't open to post - in Muscat all day - fantastic mosque, like a modern Taj Mahal in craftsmanship, museum, palace & souk.
Sent pcs.
How is aj?
She would love to cruise - bedroom, food,& different sites regularly.
g,G
Snowing here, have gone into hibernation, beats cruising you don't even have to move. aj
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