Friday, April 1, 2016

Report #90 Muscat, Oman March 30, 2016 Wednesday Partly sunny & 86 degrees Part #2 of 3 61 Pictures


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Subject: Report #90  Muscat, Oman   March 30, 2016   Wednesday   Partly sunny & 86 degrees   Part #2 of 3     61 Pictures                                                        

 

Continuing photos from Muscat………….

 

 

The entrance to the Mutrah Souk

 

The main street in Muscat

 

Old dhow boats in the harbor

 

Seawall on the corniche

 

A most colorful fish

 

A typical dhow boat

 

Schooling fish

 

Mutrah Fort

 

A rock crab

 

 

Sitting in the hot sun

 

Colorful rocks in the water

 

One of many mosques in Muscat

 

Rocky shoreline along the seawall

 

Sultan's yacht behind the traditional dhow

 

Downtown Muscat and dhow boat

 

City was protected by these Portuguese-built forts

 

The Mutrah Corniche

 

Rocks were full of tropical-like fish

 

A seabird

 

Seabird on the hunt

 

Fortress on the hilltop

 

A hotel in town

 

Another nice hotel

 

A mosque

 

Local shore bird

 

The Amsterdam docked in the working port

 

Decorative sidewalk of the corniche

 

Harborside road

 

Fancy lighting

 

Green-lined road

 

Steep cliffs

 

An oasis of palms

 

A park on the corniche

 

Two ships in port

 

A heron

 

The harbor

 

Fancy place for shade

 

View of the big incense burner

 

A park with lawns and benches

 

The giant incense burner with a kiddie park below

 

Incense burner

 

Outcroppings on the shoreline

 

Incense burner

 

Local Omani man

 

Bill with the incense burner

 

A whimbrel

 

Tide was going out

 

A park along the corniche

 

Desolate and dry hillsides

 

Mynahs found a nesting place

 

A sting ray in the rocks

 

It was eating among the rock area

 

Floating slowly

 

Wall art in granite

 

Decorative vessels in the roundabout

 

The Mutrah Souk Entrance

 

Another mosque

 

More businesses in town

 

Guess what?  A mosque

 

Going back to the ship

 

Three fabrics and a silk scarf