Although our flight to Muscat had left Riyadh at 3:40 a.m., we foolishly thought we could drive south to Sharqiya Sands, reputed to be a fantastic desert area. Unfortunately, Tim was just too tired to make the drive, which had looked to be a couple of hours but we subsequently concluded would have taken all day there and back. We did drive through some beautiful mountain scenery before reluctantly returning to Muscat.

Posted earlier of some Omani seafarers: