Subject: Report #90 Muscat, Oman March 30, 2016 Wednesday Partly sunny & 86 degrees Part #3 of 3 53 Pictures Sailaway
The sail away party…………….
The bar staff getting ready for the complimentary sail away party
The Arabian decorations
Free drinks today
City of Muscat
The sun was going down
Harbor traffic
The Splendour of the Seas
Obviously the party is in the Lido pool, midship
The bow of the Europa 2
The Splendour leaving port
Local naval ship
The pilot boat
The Amsterdam fires up the engines
Not sure these are local boats
A tugboat
They are ready to leave port
The sultan's private yacht….pretty nice
Local hotel
The terminal building we had to pass through
Tugboat
Sun setting by 6:28pm
Going down behind the mountains
About down
Not quite yet
Soon darkness will follow
Pretty sky
Leaving the harbor
Reminders of the old days
Mountains lit up with the sunset
We walked this entire wall
The view from the ship
Muscat's famous icon
Looks best at sunset
A hilltop fort
The Oasr Al Alam Palace of HM Sultan Qaboos
The incense burner of Muscat
The Mutrah Corniche at the base of the mountains
The best Omani sunset
Losing the sun behind some clouds
Close up of the palace
Muscat hillsides
The palace
Well-guarded for certain
Leaving the port
Palace grounds
Bill, Leta and Mary Ann enjoying the Buds
Dramatic mountains
So very desert
Local boat
Heading into the harbor
A few of us preferred the back deck at sail away
Great sunset
Muscat at night
