Hamish's Travels

Marmul via muscat 09/12/2013

Due to a sandstorm our flight was cancelled, this meant we had to jump on a coach to muscat, one change and four hours later we arrived at the airport and quick taxi took us back to the intercontinental in time for drinks at the palm beach bar! Spent Six hours travelling today, and I've made it to marmul via muscat and nimr.

Qarn Alam Fho-toes

got some more stills..

A big rig, this is Drilling rig being moved to a new well site.
Communction tower to the heavens
Sunset in Qarn Alam.

qarn alam 07/12/2013

Camel Count: XI

Its day seven of my whirlwind trip around Oman, Flying into Muscat I got to spend all of 6 hours in the hotel before travelling back to the airport to catch a domestic flight to Fahud. Fahud airport is was a staggering reminder of how far I'd come from Heatrow terminal 5's lounge. Once disembarked, it was a brisk 200m walk to the arrivals hall, or room, we then waited with the other passengers wondering where the baggage claim area is. 5mins later, a small panel of the wall disappeared, through which bags began hurled through.



Outside the airport there where two coaches, we boarded the one to lekwair and hit the road.
The road to lekwair is the same as all major dessert roads. straight, flat, with little traffic. Lakwair is on the northern boarder with Saudi, and rough 140ks from fahud, supposedly it is the hottest place on earth where man works, I saw a Control room wall panel reporting max temperatures of 56oC! Luckily my experience was a cool 31oC.
We then