Wilayet Madha Welcome Me |
Omani Police Station, Madhah |
Omani national and police flags, Madhah |
Mountains around the Madhah enclave |
The road from the coast into the Madhah enclave, Omani territory totally surrounded by the UAE |
Madhah, Oman |
The town of Madhah is quite small |
Madhah enclave, Oman |
Date palms, Madhah |
Agriculture, Madhah |
Wadi Madhah road sign. It would be helpful to specify which villages were Omani and which Emirati |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Sultanate of Oman public works project, Madhah |
A good section of road heading farther into the Hajar Mountains from Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Standing water is very rare in these parts |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
There are no border signs west of Madhah, but I belive this is Al Nahwa, part of the Emirate of Sharjah |
Al Nahwa |
Wadi Madhah |
Past Al Nahwa, the road is unpaved, but well maintained |
Palms |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah cuts deep into the rugged Hajar Mountains |
Hajar Mountains |
Wadi Madhah |
Hijar Mountains above Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Hijer Bani Humayd, a small oasis where you can continue up Wadi Madhah or go up Wadi Shis |
Hijer Bani Humayd |
Palm at Hijer Bani Humayd |
Hijer Bani Humayd |
A 3 km detour off Wadi Madhah from Hijer Bani Humayd leads to pools at the end of Wadi Shis |
Wadi Shis |
Men's Room? |
Surely part of Sharjah, these homes are just below the pools at Wadi Shis |
Village near Wadi Shis Pools |
Falaj (irrigation), Wadi Shis |
The Off-Road Explorer says Wadi Shis Pools are back in Oman, but I can't find a map which shows that |
Wadi Shis Pools |
Wadi Shis Pools |
Wadi Shis Pools |
Wadi Shis Pools |
Frogs making tadpoles |
Frogs making tadpoles |
Love notes, Wadi Shis |
Tadpole in the Wadi Shis Pools |
Wadi Shis Pools |
Wadi Shis Pools |
Wadi Shis |
Wadi Shis |
Hajar Mountains above Wadi Shis |
Hajar Mountains |
Returning to Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
That's one way to tell you're back in Omani territory |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Wadi Madhah |
Passing back through Al Nahwa |
Mosque in Al Nahwa |
Back on the good road to Madhah |
Madhah enclave, Oman |
Madhah enclave, Oman |
Mosque in the Madhah enclave, Oman |
White-washed Omani watchtower, Madhah enclave |
Another way of telling you're in Oman... |
Madhah enclave, Oman |