A little better… A slightly improved pace this morning. Perhaps it was a later start that also afforded me a chance to witness a sunrise at Huxley. That moment prompted a Facebook post with the caption,”O brave new world that has such sunrises in it.” I’m feeling a bit more under the weather — not […]
I do not feel well. At all. My throat feels like sand paper, I’m exhausted but unable to sleep, and I just basically can’t get it together today at all. Because of the 12 hour time zone shifts, I’m having issues with sleep. I seem to get an hour or two nap at random times […]
Like a calf being prepped for the return of the prodigal son’s dinner, I’m fattened up by the last few days. The entree food on KLM isn’t particularly good, but the desserts are pretty alright – a cheesecake side dish and… tha-tha-tha-that’s not all, folks! the complimentary caramel waffle cookies were over indulged by this […]
The end is worse than the beginning… It was too early for the coffee bar to serve drinks and croissants; we were able to talk the buffet breakfast down to an arbitrary charge of 3 rials a person for coffee and pastries. Better than 10 rials I suppose but more than I would’ve liked. On […]
After a pricey but decent tour today, I’ve got to go catch my flight out of Muscat International Airport in a few minutes. I’m uploading files as I go and I’ll write up a proper post on this final day in Oman over the next 23 hours and 48 minutes — the approximate flying time […]
In retrospect, we probably overpaid for the cab to the start line. It was three rials but it seemed like at 5:15 AM that it wasn’t worth the hassle of arguing. The Muscat Marathon started and ended at a chic shopping and living enclave at the Al Mouj Resort/Golf Course. It’s the same place we […]
We took a flyer. And by that I mean we asked a hotel cab driver to take us to the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque and when he offered to give us a city tour of all the stops we wanted at 10 rials an hour, we agreed. It sounded like a good idea… and it […]
Reda wanted to get something before our tour today and I figured we’d just stop by the cafe in the lobby. Unfortunately they weren’t open so we wound up at the breakfast buffet… way more than I needed and WAY pricier at 10 rials apiece (about US$26 per person!!). Then I realized I messed up […]
The hour flight to Oman is on what I would classify as a redressed American Airlines 737. There’s barely enough time to take off, get to a cruising altitude, and then start a descent. But in that time we did get a snack box and apple juice. An Indian couple next to me were very […]
1/23/17 The gold souk (market) is in Old Dubai, a section of town markedly different from the glistening skyscrapers and opulence of places like Internet City Dubai or Burj Khalifia. The series of open air markets is like New York’s Canal Street but much more blatant in the wares being sold. There’s a ton of […]