hello
when I was in my trip through Europe and UK I realized that NO ONE who asked me where am I from knew Oman or ever heard about it !!
so I thought of letting you know it
we are in Asia in the middle east


in Salalah :








this is our king his majesty Sultan Qaboos


do you like the sea ???our coast is about 3165 KM
to be continues

Hi Reem

I think Oman looks really stunning. I have got a rather upmarket travel brochure with some fantastic holidays in Oman. I would love to go but can't afford it.

Hadn't heard of it til now! I wouldn't be too bothered about people who don't know where your country is, I still have to explain to English people where I live in England!

It looks pretty though! What language do you speak?

Oooh Oman looks so nice!

Hi Reem

I wish my nearest beach (about 3 miles away) looked like that!!

For those of us on the Fylde Coast/Greater Merseyside - see Reem's pictures ----and weep!!!

Whatever happened to Muscat? Did the country used to be known as Muscat and Oman or have I had too much Dairy Milk for breakfast?

I'd heard of it. Next to Yemen, UAE and Saudi isn't it. Does look stunning I have to say, more lush than I expected.

EDIT: Just realised it shows that on the map. Duh!


Ditto for our nearest beach!

Looks nice. The nearest I've been was a refuelling stop in the UAE on the way to Thailand a few years ago .



Looking at the map, Muscat is on the northern tip of Oman.

Me too.

The waterfalls look good!

Car Expert

Yes, the north west isn't exactly home to some of the nicest beaches in the world is it!

Oman looks really beautiful! Thanks for the pictures Reem!

I knew about Oman before... when I was little I was fascinated with the Atlas, lol. The pictures look lovely though.

I knew about Oman and I had a general idea of where it is. *Go me!* The pictures are beautiful!

Thank you for sharing these pictures, Reem.

I went paddling in the sea at Southport beach once...*shudders*

Oman looks a bit nice though!

Edit: Oh, I didn't have a clue where Oman was either...

Excuse me, Merseyside North?! What about our beaches! Well,they're actually quite rubbish and I wouldn't go swimming in them, too cold and minging!

Ahh... don't yo just love the clean beaches of New Zealand
Warmer in the Coromandel, good surfing at Raglan, lots of spots for a bit of fishing, completely surrounded by beautiful ocean (that can get ****** freezing in the winter, but you don't need to know that, we just go skiing instead)

Is that the king who initiated the orchestra and chorus about 20 years ago?

In about 1990, I played in the string orchestra at Canford Summer School with some visiting string players from the Omani Army Orchestra. In those days, their technique was well in advance of their musical understanding and their English Musical Director had arranged for them to come to Canford so that they could experience some new styles of music among players who understood the traditions. They were very competent in the Baroque and Classical repertoire: the bass player could get round Brandenburg 3 far better than I could but found even Bass 3 of Strauss's "Metamorphosen" a great challenge.

hehe no u didnt
Muscat is the capital city of Oman which has all the malls and what ever
LOL
I live in muscat

I shop from Mango , next , BHS , mother care bla bla bla
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE muscat





oman is a muslim arabic country we speak arabic , but in university we study every thing in english
every one here MUST know at least a little bit of english
also we have some families that are actually from India, Blushistan , south africa bla bla bla they came to oman LONG LONG time ago and now they are omani , they speak Sawahili , Hindi , Bloshi when they are together but they speak arabic too



yes he loves music and he plays music ( dont know which instrument I think it is Oud do you know it ??)
and I wish I can join the orchestra , I think oman is the only country in gulf which has an orchestra ***so proud***

Slightly off-topic, but I've just seen your profile photo Reem, and I like it!

Car Expert

thank you


and now

the pictures you saw before were from Dofar


now to NIZWA


a mosque


a canon pointed over the town ( from an old fort)


and then Bahla









leaving Bahla to Alhamra






those are oasis


Wadi ( valley) Bany Shab:


across the stream to the park


country side




wait for more

where is Oman?
Oman is located in southwestern Asia, in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, and is bordered by Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the west; by the Arabian Sea on the east; by the Gulf of Oman on the north; and by the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf on its northernmost extension on the Musandam Peninsula (separated from the rest of Oman by the UAE).

3,001,583 people live in Oman.

Wow, great photos!

Car Expert

Yes, the oud is the ancestor of the lute and the guitar. The Moors brought it to Spain and its name ("el oud") became corrupted to "lute". There are some internationally known groups ("World Music") that make use of it nowadays.

I had a presentation today about the Guitar and I said this information



Land and Resources

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Oman is a desert country that covers an area of about 309,500 sq km (about 119,500 sq mi). There are no rivers or permanent lakes in Oman, but there are numerous oases which, together with wells, provide drinking water. Its borders with its neighbors, running mostly through barren desert, were the subjects of border disputes until the 1990s. Agreements were reached with Saudi Arabia in 1990, with Yemen in 1992, and with the UAE in 1993. The borders with Yemen and Saudi Arabia were demarcated in 1995; the border with the UAE awaits final demarcation.

A Natural Regions

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Oman has five distinct geographical regions. In the north, the Al Bāţinah coastal plain along the Gulf of Oman coast is about 10 km (about 6 mi) wide and about 270 km (about 170 mi) long. It is the country’s main agricultural area and the location of the capital city.


copied from the encarta

there is a great flash about oman here :
http://www.ghannami.com/test/ghannami/default.asp
go to PORTFOLIO
then to FLASHES
then the last flash