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Around the Bend

Telegraph Island

‘Going Troppo’ and where better than on an utterly remote desert island at the farthest extremity of the Arabian Peninsula?


Fortifying yourself

A quiet corner of Nizwa Fortress

On the "Fortress Trail" in the Sultanate of Oman


Fourwheeling Oman

Zammal ('Snake') canyon, in Oman's Wadi Bani Awf

Offroad in Oman reveals a stunning landscape of rugged mountains, lush green valleys and tortuous rock formations


In Search of the Dhow Builders

Dhow under construction at Nungwi, Zanzibar

Oman, Zanzibar and eastern India are the last places on earth where traditional wooden dhows (sailing ships) are still built


Mountains of Musandam

Mountains of Musandam / Khasab Fort

Back to the Future, in a remote corner of eastern Arabia


Oh, man. Dune bashing in the Omani desert

Dune-bashing in the Wahiba Sands / The desert camp

In the desert you can hear your heart thump...


Oman takes a bold leap into the future

The kuma hat and tasselled dishdasha of Omani dress (above); Picking ripe dates in Tiwi Village (right); A Nizwa family at Jibrin Castle (below)

Modernity doesn't mean abandoning tradition, in the Sultanate of Oman


On the Frankincense Trail

A colourful frankincense burner, on sale at a Salalah market (above); a gnarled old frankincense tree (right)

Sniffing out ancient scents, in Oman


So far, Dhofar

Gnarled frankincense trees dominate the landcsape of Dhofar

The rugged Dhofar region of southern Oman


 

 
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