These three Omani women work at our hotel; I had just bought a flashy red T-shirt (decorated with the name of the hotel in Swarovski crystal!) from the one on the right, and on impulse asked if I could take a picture of her and her friends. They were happy to oblige.

I said when I posted my pictures from our last trip to Oman that I really liked the country, and the Omanis, who are a big part of that, are some of the friendliest and most easygoing people I’ve ever encountered. We have a few more days in the south of Oman, but we've already decided we're coming back again.