From just past the Hatta borderpost, it's 1281km to Salalah in the far south of Oman |
Dusk at Sohar Fort |
Sallan Roundabout, north coast of Oman near Sohar |
Globe Roundabout - Sohar - turn right (when headed towards Muscat) for Oman Highway 8 |
Globe Roundabout, Sohar |
SharjahOmanMay09 397.jpg |
Sounds like my kind of town - Beer Jam, Oman |
Beer Jam - بير جم |
Oman Route 8 from Sohar to Yanqul (and on to Ibri) |
Mountains along Oman Route 8 southwest of Sohar |
A wadi with water along Oman Route 8 |
Oman Route 8 southwest of Sohar |
Oman Route 8 - more interesting than the coastal highway |
Pinnacle along Oman Route 8 near Al Wuqbah |
Camel and pinnacle |
Pinnacle along Oman Route 8 near Al Wuqbah |
Arriving in Yanqul as dusk falls |
Yanqul |
Yanqul |
Sultan Qaboos Mosque at night, Yanqul |
Oman Highway 13 leading west from Rustaq |
East side of Jabal Shams from Route 13 outside Rustaq |
Small watchtower, Oman Route 13 west of Rustaq |
To avoid the coast road, we left Rustaq heading west on Route 13 looking for Route 9 |
Again, this section between Rustaq and Ibri on Route 13 is poorly covered in Off-road Oman Explorer |
Oman Route 13 from Rustaq to Ibri |
We're looking to get on Off-road Oman Explorers "The Chains" route from the Rustaq-Ibri Road |
The correct turnoff for The Chains route is at N23 29.862/E056 50.853 |
Soon, Oman Route 9 will be a nice paved road all the way from the Ibri-Rustaq Road to the Coastal Road just south of Sohar |
...but for now, some of the route is still a rough wadi track |
Newly paved section of Oman Route 9 |
The new road (Hwy 9) is built above the old route in the wadi |
The old Off-road track in the wadi and the new Oman Highway 9 |
The old road, Wadi Hawasinah, Oman |
Oman Route 9 newly paved |
Oman Route 9 newly paved |
Mountains along Oman Route 9 |
Oman Highway 9 |
Mijzi, Oman |
Mijzi, Oman |
Terraced fields awaiting planting, Mijzi |
Mijzi (N23 37.616/E056 57.125) |
Mijzi, Oman, a small village off Highway 9 |
Date palms, Mijzi |
مجزي عمان |
Oman Highway 9 |
Oman Highway 9 |
SharjahOmanMay09 1980.jpg |
Ruins of a large house, Wadi Hawasinah |
Ruins of a large house, Wadi Hawasinah |
Village along Highway 9, Wadi Hawasinah |
Ruins with a tower, Wadi Hawasinah |
Partially ruined village, Wadi Hawasinah |
Partially ruined village, Wadi Hawasinah |
Partially ruined village, Wadi Hawasinah |
Ruins, Wadi Hawasinah |
Village ruins, Wadi Hawasinah |
Driving along Wadi Hawasinah (near the hospital) |
Ruins of a fort above Wadi Hawasinah (near the hospital) |
Ruins of a fort above Wadi Hawasinah (near the hospital) |
Ruins of a fort (N23 41.531/E56 55.086) |
Ruined fort, Wadi Hawasinah |
Ruined fort, Wadi Hawasinah |
Ruined fort, Wadi Hawasinah |
Ruined fort, Wadi Hawasinah |
Ruined fort, Wadi Hawasinah |
More ruins, Wadi Hawasinah |
Ruins of a village (N23 42.217/E056 54.487) |
Village ruins, Wadi Hawasinah |
Village ruins, Wadi Hawasinah |
Ruins, Wadi Hawasinah, Oman Highway 9 |
Oman Highway 9 |
Looking back at the previous set of ruins |
Oman Highway 9 reaches the coastal highway 58km south of Sohar's Globe Roundabout |
Oman coastal highway at sunset near Sohar |
Oman coastal highway at sunset near Sohar |
Sohar Globe Roundabout |