I checked out of my lovely hotel in Dubai at the horror time of 5:30am and caught a taxi to the airport, who to my delight actually decided to use his meter. I got out at terminal three, which is the terminal Emirates fly from. Up until now I had only seen terminal two, which is a bit of a poxy excuse for an airport. Terminal three was pretty impressive, it had so many flashing lights outside it, one could have mistake it for a casino. I checked in and the l...

Today started out much the same way as yesterday, I spent the morning in my room as I only had it until 12pm. So I spent this time watching TV and resting. After I had to relinquish my room, I packed up, got dressed and went to check out and pay my bill. I had then decided to spend the day in Muttrah to kill time until 6pm when I would need to go to the airport. So I caught a taxi which cost two rials, an absurd amount to travel such a short distance, but h...

This morning I had my orientation tour of Muscat, I met my guide Masida in the hotel lobby at 8am. To my delight he was dressed in his traditional while outfit and wore a small round colourful hat. I was the only one on the tour so I sat up front with the guide and just chatted to him in between the guiding. The first stop was the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. The mosque is made out of a beige coloured marble with a brilliant gold dome and five minarets, repr...

After arriving at my hotel in Muscat this morning and after a very long journey from Phuket, Thailand, I freshened up and went out for a bit of a look around. I left the hotel and realized I was surrounded by mountains, all the buildings were white and there was not another tourist or traveler in sight. Marvelous! I walked under the fly over and down the road the hotel is on and ran right into the Sultan Qaboos Mosque, the most famous mosque in Muscat. It ...

Well this is it, D Day has arrived, I've been so worried about this. I wasn't actually leaving for Muscat until 4pm so I had a bit of time to kill, as I only had the room until 12pm. So I used this time to sleep in and pack up and watch a bit of TV. I then checked out and went to have lunch at a nearby restaurant. The food was really good, but there were these arrogant French guys in there giving the lady waiting tables hell. She ended up going nuts at them...