Muscat, Oman
After staying in Switzerland for a bit and enjoying the snow it was time to move into a warmer country. I was planning to end up in Indonesia and took different stops between. I always like to split up flights or use layovers to my advantage and explore the city instead of just switching flights. So I ended up splitting my flight to South East Asia into 3 parts. The first stop was Muscat, Oman since it was right in the middle and I found good flights. This way I was able to explore Oman for a week and could remove the jetlag completely. With just having 3 hours time difference per flight and a week between.
Wadi Bani Khalid, Oman
I’ve already been to Oman a couple of years ago, but I was just able to explore the capital. This time I wanted to also see the nice landscape. First of all, I needed to work quite a bit too. But I managed to get some days off to go into the desert in the South and explore some nice valleys. Oman is in general a pretty dry country, but there are valleys that get flooded pretty crazy when there’s rain. So it’s a little bit like an oasis in between the mountains. They’re called Wadi. So I managed to explore one of those (Wadi Bani Khalid). I really enjoyed it. Then there are also hot springs (Athawarah Hot Spring). I was thinking it was cold water and when I took my toe inside the water I was really surprised. It’s actually a wellness area in nature. You can chill between the rocks and enjoy the water coming down from the waterfall.
Bidiyah, Oman
Staying in the desert for a night was a beautiful experience. A friend was able to join me there. We drove my car into the South and got picked up at the edge of the desert by the owner. He drove us 30min inside the desert to a camp (a small village with a couple of bungalows). Such a clear sky and quietness there.
