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Oman, November 2012

One short week to repeat last year's trip that was so nice. This time visiting the Dubois who live there; and going with them from the mountains to the desert. Not to forget La Bohème in the newly built opera of Muscat (dir. Lorin Maazel). Sorry no pictures for this as it's forbidden.
The beach by the Dubois house at The Wave in Muscat.

The beach by the Dubois house at "The Wave" in Muscat.

On the way to the mountain one of the many towers or castles.

On the way to the mountain one of the many towers or castles.

To go there you have to pass a guard to register your vehicle so that they can ensure you're going there with a 4 wheels drive. Then you discover the bench at a rest point.

To go there you have to pass a guard to register your vehicle so that they can ensure you're going there with a 4 wheels drive. Then you discover the bench at a rest point.

The Sahab hotel in the Jebel Akhdar (http://www.sahab-hotel.com/home.asp). Just a sense of paradise.

The Sahab hotel in the Jebel Akhdar ( http://www.sahab-hotel.com/home.asp). Just a sense of paradise.

The swimming pool overlooking the grand canyon of Oman.

The swimming pool overlooking the grand canyon of Oman.

We went walking to the thre villages before taking the car to visit the last villages at the end of the valley.

We went walking to the thre villages before taking the car to visit the last villages at the end of the valley.

I like the way they use to keep the water for the plants.

I like the way they use to keep the water for the plants.

_AS02605.jpg _AS02606.jpg This is an abandoned village at the end of the valley, along a wadi.

This is an abandoned village at the end of the valley, along a wadi.

_AS02671.jpg Where we slept.

Where we slept.

A captive tourist.

A captive tourist.

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_FS27129.jpg Walking here is a real fitness training.

Walking here is a real fitness training.

_AS02853.jpg _FS27149.jpg I wish I could have shown you the beautiful night sky. Instead I leave you with the desert vessel.

I wish I could have shown you the beautiful night sky. Instead I leave you with the desert vessel.

Nothing is lost.

Nothing is lost.

The Wadi Bani Kaled (check http://www.pbase.com/fschoch/image/134379610 and the followings).

The Wadi Bani Kaled (check http://www.pbase.com/fschoch/image/134379610 and the followings).

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_FS27200.jpg Sur, and the watchtowers.

Sur, and the watchtowers.

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