From my angle: Roadtrip to Oman...

With it being so close (relatively speaking), the lure of neighbouring Oman couldn't be resisted for much longer. So, when an old friend, Rosabella, visited from Edinburgh, it was time to get the car loaded and take a road trip to the nation to my immediate left...

It's about a 5 hour drive from Abu Dhabi to Omani capital, Muscat (taking into account border crossing red-tape). Here are some of the sights of the older part of the city which is dominated by government buildings including the Sultan's palace...

A day trip to one of the better sights of Oman, Wadi Shab (translated Shab Valley) was slightly interrupted by driving down a few cul de sacs...but nonetheless some fabulous sights were come across...

This is the actual Wadi that we finally got to towards the end of the day...unfortunately we didnt get to explore the entire sight...

On the way, we came across a village that seemed to be invaded or even infested with goats...

The sunsets were beautiful in Oman...

The national flag against a typical mountainous backdrop in Oman...so many of the mountains look like nothing more than very large piles of rubble...

The ruins of Wadi Tanuf village...I am informed that this was bombed by the British airforce in the 1950s as part of a civil war between the Omani rulers and rebels situated in the mountains. The rebels apparently used this village to hide-out hence its downfall. The villagers obviously decamped and re-built their village literally next door...