We arrived off the port on a warm. balmy morning. The haze, much caused by wind-blown sand, had reduced the visibility and had also coated our exterior superstructure with a fine ‘dusting’. The itinerary mentions ‘Muscat’ however we enter the ‘As Sultan Qaboos’ port near the old town of Mutrah. Muscat itself lies over the other side of the steep, mountain passes.
We have called here before of course and having ‘done’ the Souk and the sights before, we decided to play golf at the Al Mouj course, about 30 minutes drive away. I won’t bore you with photos, holding a camera while swinging a club is detrimental to photography; we had a wonderful time on a beautiful course though.
And here is the short panoramic video…..
We have 5 days at sea, making for Aqaba, Jordan for Petra and Wadi Rum. We are paralleling the coast of Oman, then Yemen, passing through the Bab-el-Mandeb, (“Gate of Tears”) into the Red Sea, with Yemen Saudi Arabia to the east and Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt to the west.