Saturday, April 19, 2008

DAY 133 - MUSCAT TO SUR

Oman Dive Centre By Night, where we had our Buffet Dinner

Dave and Fintan had an early start, heading to the Irish consulate’s office in Muscat to collect our letters of recommendation before meeting the lads at the Saudi Visa agent’s office to hand in all our documents. The application process will take a few days, so its now the perfect time to hit the road south to visit other parts of Oman.

Before hitting the road for the 5 hour drive to Sur, our first stop, we decided to spend another lovely day back at the beach of the Oman Diver Centre. This place is very relaxing and we rented kayaks for a few hours to visit some of the surrounding beaches.

After another buffet dinner, we hit the road late on a long coastal drive to Sur. Unfortunately the new coastal highway wasn’t quite complete and we were lucky we had the Hummer for sections of the drive that were still under construction.

Arriving at 3am in Sur, we checked into a cheap hotel and hit the hay straight away.


DAY 133 ROUTEMAP

2 comments:

Mark Heyne said...

nice . I used to live in Muscat and have been to Sur. Is the road still under construction as you say?
Oman is one of the best places in the GUlf.

Mark Heyne said...

please reply on smheyne@qu.edu.qa thanks![ I need to know for an upcoming trip...is it really 5 hours or less?]