December 25: Merry Christmas from Oman

Merry Christmas from Oman!  It was an eventful and busy day.  We got up at 5:00 am and headed out to see the sunrise at 5:20 am.  We took a bunch of pics before sunrise and then climbed to a better vantage point.  We met five really cool Omanian men who, of course, invited us to “take” tea and eat pancakes with them.  We had a ton of laughs with these friendly guys. 

Ghassan arrived late — 9:05 instead of planned 8:30 and proceeded to get an earful from us. 

We eventually recovered and had one of our most exciting days!  First, we did a 5k hike to a pool on the Balcony Walk at Jabal Shams.  Next, we repelled down 20 meters right by the side of the pool — most of the drop was free fall.  Finally, we completed a 200 m rock climb that was super strenuous & exhilarating!  

Accommodations: A+ (Muscat Dunes)

It is our second time here and we absolutely love it!  Big clean room that is spotless.  The price is so low for the quality. 

Food: A+ (NaNa)

It’s weird to say that the best food that we had in Oman was Thai food.  We celebrated Christmas with a delicious Thai meal.  H had the seafood hot pot and we ate pad Thai, curry beef and chicken larb.