It will be a couple of long days…. I will arrive late in Dubai and still need to connect to Oman…. where I may or may not have a hotel room (long story). My ‘coffin’ for the next few hours… if you are clostrophobic you should fly economy!
Category: Muscat
Muscat, Oman
I have about 6 hours before my flight to Oman after arriving in Doha, Qatar. I attempted to get into the Qatar Airways busines class lounge, but logic doesn’t work in the Middle East. Since my next flight is on Oman Air they would only let me in the other airline lounge which is not too good. So I went through immigration and customs and stayed in the quiet and empty Qatar Airways arrivals lounge. I even took a nice shower and changed clothes. A few pictures from the sky. Oman has beautiful
Muscat, Oman
A few more pictures from the hotel.
Grand Hyatt [Muscat, Oman]
I arrived at the hotel shortly before 2300 (11PM). I’m staying at the Grand Hyatt in Muscat. I have a city view room. There is a beach here. I might take advantage of that tomorrow.
Desert to Muscat, Oman
Today I returned from the desert to Muscat via car. It’s a long ride, luckily I wasn’t driving.
Visiting the states
Technically I will be in 3 countries today….Oman, UAE and USA. I’m flying to Abu Dhabi today from Oman. It is only a 1 hour flight. Then I am going to the US Embassy to a second passport. I visited the US Embassy…. It took all of 15 minutes to be…
Muscat, Oman
I traveled from London to Muscat today on Oman Air. As you can see my seat was very comfortable. I’m not sure what kind of visa I had, but I don’t think they used the correct stamp… I’m not planning to become a resident… I stayed in the fancy Intercontinental hotel. Below are pictures…
Trip to Oman…. with a twist
I had this trip on my calendar for months. Nothing complicated (except flight routing). I’ll be back in Houston November 15th so I can be ready for my trip to South Africa that leaves on the 18th. Well now I’m going to attempt to stop in the UK for a couple of days on…