Update, week 39!
Hey everyone!
Sorry for the lousy update. I've just been busy job hunting, but it's the weekend now so time for a little update!
As you all know, we went camping in Oman on the Eid holiday. This whole camping thing is kind of new to me. I've only camped three times before. All of them were in my teens and non them were any good experiences. But it was a long time ago, so I though that I'll give it another chance.
We bought the guide book of Oman, a tent and a gas stove and a whole bunch of food (it could be hard to find food during ramadan, that's way we brought a whole bunch of food with us). Then we took off and drove to Oman!
Here're all our packing for the trip with our trusty Dex!
Arrived to Oman at afternoon and visited the Mosque.
And we took a little tour to Old Muscat to visit the Sultan of Oman's Palace.
At night, we found a wonderful little Omani restaurant for dinner. Yes, they eat on the floor and we were thinking, if we kept ordering new dishes, could we stay the whole night?! hahaha
Then we found a place to camp. We build up our little tent, lit up our little oil lamp and pumped up our air mattress. I didn't take any pictures cause the camera was now on battery. But everything was good except that it was so freaking HOT!!! We tried to go to sleep in almost 4 hours til we realized that it wasn't going to happen. When the time was round 3 a.m. in the morning we decided to sleep in the Dex instead. Yes, I know...it was bad, but at least we had air condition! We woke up early (6a.m.), had a little of breakfast and continued our trip!
Little did we know that we were going to find this little place name: Sinkhole Park! This is such a wonderful and beautiful place! The water was such a vibrant green and clear. Apparently, the green and blue colors are a result of the saltly sea water meeting with fresh water. This sinkhole is about 500 meters inland and is 40 meters wide and 20 meters deep. The sinkhole is said to connect all the way to the ocean.
We had the whole place to ourself because it was so early that no tourist has arrived yet, yeah! And the water was so refreshing! Amazing!!!
Another little suprise was the small fishes that nibble our feet. Me and T suspected that it was these fishes that some spa used to treat dead skin cells, eczema and Psoriasis. Sure enough, when we came back home we found an article about it. We did let it nibble on our feet until it got too tickley.
We ended up driving through another town name Sur. It was lunch time and there where no restaurants around. So we discreatley took out our gas stove to set it up by the beach. It was still Ramandan and you're not allowed to eat in public, but honestly, we really needed to eat! We just made some instant nudles but it felt like commiting a crime.
Then we continued our road trip to see the Green Turtles in Ras al Jinz. In our guide book it says that camping was possible by the beach for a small fee. But when we arrived to Ras al Jinz, it wan't allowed anymore because of protection of the Green Turtles, so we ended up camping at Al Naseem Tourist Camp.
This picture was taked after our Green Turtle Tour. You can see two very happy participants that saw an incredible number of Green Turtles! OMG, the baby turtles are the cutest thing ever!!!
(picture borrowed from http://www.h2opictures.com/photos_creatures.htm)
(picture borrowed from http://www.georgettetan.com/)
We were not allowed to take any pictures during the tour which is understandable, the flashes disorient hatchlings and disturb the nesting turtles. But sadly there were still many ignorant tourists that didn't respect this rule.
This the hut we stayed in!
This is how it looks like inside!
Ready to drive back home to Dubai.
Last picture was taken at the Ras al Haad beach. The holes you see on the beach are turtle hatching holes.
Sorry for the lousy update. I've just been busy job hunting, but it's the weekend now so time for a little update!
As you all know, we went camping in Oman on the Eid holiday. This whole camping thing is kind of new to me. I've only camped three times before. All of them were in my teens and non them were any good experiences. But it was a long time ago, so I though that I'll give it another chance.
We bought the guide book of Oman, a tent and a gas stove and a whole bunch of food (it could be hard to find food during ramadan, that's way we brought a whole bunch of food with us). Then we took off and drove to Oman!
Here're all our packing for the trip with our trusty Dex!
Arrived to Oman at afternoon and visited the Mosque.
And we took a little tour to Old Muscat to visit the Sultan of Oman's Palace.
At night, we found a wonderful little Omani restaurant for dinner. Yes, they eat on the floor and we were thinking, if we kept ordering new dishes, could we stay the whole night?! hahaha
Then we found a place to camp. We build up our little tent, lit up our little oil lamp and pumped up our air mattress. I didn't take any pictures cause the camera was now on battery. But everything was good except that it was so freaking HOT!!! We tried to go to sleep in almost 4 hours til we realized that it wasn't going to happen. When the time was round 3 a.m. in the morning we decided to sleep in the Dex instead. Yes, I know...it was bad, but at least we had air condition! We woke up early (6a.m.), had a little of breakfast and continued our trip!
Little did we know that we were going to find this little place name: Sinkhole Park! This is such a wonderful and beautiful place! The water was such a vibrant green and clear. Apparently, the green and blue colors are a result of the saltly sea water meeting with fresh water. This sinkhole is about 500 meters inland and is 40 meters wide and 20 meters deep. The sinkhole is said to connect all the way to the ocean.
We had the whole place to ourself because it was so early that no tourist has arrived yet, yeah! And the water was so refreshing! Amazing!!!
Another little suprise was the small fishes that nibble our feet. Me and T suspected that it was these fishes that some spa used to treat dead skin cells, eczema and Psoriasis. Sure enough, when we came back home we found an article about it. We did let it nibble on our feet until it got too tickley.
We ended up driving through another town name Sur. It was lunch time and there where no restaurants around. So we discreatley took out our gas stove to set it up by the beach. It was still Ramandan and you're not allowed to eat in public, but honestly, we really needed to eat! We just made some instant nudles but it felt like commiting a crime.
Then we continued our road trip to see the Green Turtles in Ras al Jinz. In our guide book it says that camping was possible by the beach for a small fee. But when we arrived to Ras al Jinz, it wan't allowed anymore because of protection of the Green Turtles, so we ended up camping at Al Naseem Tourist Camp.
This picture was taked after our Green Turtle Tour. You can see two very happy participants that saw an incredible number of Green Turtles! OMG, the baby turtles are the cutest thing ever!!!
(picture borrowed from http://www.h2opictures.com/photos_creatures.htm)
(picture borrowed from http://www.georgettetan.com/)
We were not allowed to take any pictures during the tour which is understandable, the flashes disorient hatchlings and disturb the nesting turtles. But sadly there were still many ignorant tourists that didn't respect this rule.
This the hut we stayed in!
This is how it looks like inside!
Ready to drive back home to Dubai.
Last picture was taken at the Ras al Haad beach. The holes you see on the beach are turtle hatching holes.
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