Muscat To Jebel Shams
Leaving Muscat my guide/driver Adnan (he’s 23!) travelled very bumpy dirt roads enroute to our hotel in Al Hamra. We passed the fish market, some hot springs, and Snake Gorge. It quite a scenic drive, with rugged rocky mountains, palm trees and vegetable gardens, quite a diverse landscape. Before I move on to the rest of the trip, if you are in Muscat and want to be near the beach, the Kempinski is a good option. The buffet breakfast kept me going until dinner since Ramadan started the day I arrived. I still can’t figure out how you can go on without water until sunset We went to the Barka marina as our first stop from the hotel to have a look at the fish market. There’s a lot of tuna being fished out the surrounding waters. I was impressed by how clean and odourless the market was. Our next stop was some hot springs. These springs do not have any sulfurous smell because of high oxygen levels in the water that prevent the bacterial production of hydrogen sulfide...
