Stepping out of Muscat’s Royal Opera House we were greeted by a cacophony of car horns, celebrating Oman’s victory over Jordan. The win moves them ever so slightly closer to the World Cup in Brazil 2014.
Oman 2-Jordan 1
Earlier we had enjoyed Jessye Norman in a Continue reading
It was kind of Oman’s Ministry of Tourism to organise a workshop for tour guides in Oman which we attended. The topics were many ranging from Oman’s facilities for tourists to other country’s experiences.
Tour Guide Workshop in Oman
Later in the week it was a pleasure Continue reading
They have a quote on their website “WAF (World Architecture Festival) is the best in terms of breadth and depth of architects. Mostly you don’t get a meeting of world architects, but here you do. It’s the number one.”
So its nice that a building in Oman has won an award from the WAF in the Continue reading
The Red Bull diving competition has arrived into Oman and as Stacey from Red Bull had kindly organised a VIP pass so I could watch up close, I made my way into Wadi Shab where its being held.
Red Bull Cliff Diving in Oman
It will be a bit of a change in temperature – as the last dives were in West Wales earlier this month, in Oman they are diving into almost 40c heat…. phew. Wadi Shab hasnt seen anything like this – Continue reading
Alison Cryer of RepresentationPlus and Sangita Makwana who looks after promoting Oman from London are in Muscat and it was nice to meet up with them again.
Sangita Makwana and Alison Cryer
They were Continue reading
We enjoyed a visit to one of Oman’s few traditional pit loom weavers. Using a mixture of locally made and foreign manufactured equipment they create lengths of cloth for garments worn in Oman.
Here the heddles are locally made from date palm & reed and imported steel.
Weaving Equipment
Though Continue reading
