Category Archives: Sea

The Clipper Odyssey visits the Arabian Peninsula

Posted on January 15, 2012 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

Last year I gave a series of talks on Oman in a wonderful cruise on the Island Sky from Salalah to past Abu Dhabi. This year the American company Zegrahm is doing a similar cruise travelling between Muscat and Bahrain and has invited me Continue reading →

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Posted in HOLIDAYS, Muscat, OMAN, Oman Cruise Excursions, Oman Holidays, Sea, TOURS, Tours in Oman, Travel, Travel Blog

Tagged Arabian Sea, Clipper Odyssey, Cruise Excursions, Island Sky, Muscat, Noble Caledonia, OMAN, oman blog, Oman Holidays, Oman Tour, Salalah, Sands of Time, Sea, Sea of Oman, Zegrahm, عمان, مسقط

Christmas in Oman

Posted on December 25, 2011 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

Dolphin watching Oman

Taking to an almost mirror like Sea of Oman our group on a weeks holiday in Oman we sped away from Muscat’s mountains into the land of the Dolphin Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Dolphins, HOLIDAYS, Meals, Muscat, Muscat Holidays, OMAN, Oman Holidays, Oman's Nature, Sea, Tour of Muscat, TOURS, Tours in Oman, Travel, Travel Blog

Tagged Arabian Sea, Christmas in Oman, Dinner in Oman, Dolphin watching in Oman, Muscat, OMAN, oman blog, Oman Holidays, Oman Tour, Sea of Oman, عمان, مسقط

Silver Wind & Brilliance of the Seas in Muscat

Posted on December 1, 2011 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

While waiting for our guests to disembark I managed to get a few pictures of the Cruise Ships arriving into Muscat. The Silver Wind Continue reading →

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Posted in Forts, HOLIDAYS, Muscat, Muscat Holidays, OMAN, Oman Cruise Excursions, Oman Holidays, Oman Shore Excursions, Sea, Travel, Travel Blog

Tagged Arabian Sea, Brilliance of the Seas, Cruise Excursions, Muscat, Muttrah, OMAN, Oman Holidays, Silver Wind, عمان, مسقط

Oman’s Bird Migration

Posted on November 14, 2011 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

It was good to attend a conference on ‘Oman as a Gravitational Centre in the Global Flyway Network of Migratory Shorebirds’ ; which highlighted the importance of Oman’s coast for migratory birds in general and shorebirds in particular. The mud flats at Barr Al Hikman where we recently visited with tourists are an internationally important place.

Jens Erikson was a key Continue reading →

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Posted in Birds in Oman, Muscat, OMAN, Oman's Nature, Salalah, Sea, Travel, Travel Blog

Tagged Arabian Sea, Barr al Hikman, Bird Migration, Desert, Dhofar, Muscat, OMAN, Oman's Birds, Omani Studies Centre, Sultan Qaboos, Sultan Qaboos University, عمان, مسقط

Variety Voyager in Oman

Posted on November 10, 2011 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

An interesting new ship, the Variety Voyager , will be cruising Oman’s waters from November 2012 .

Variety Voyager in Muscat Oman

We really thing that smaller is a better way to see Oman, especially after my time with the Island Sky, and are really looking forward it its arrival into Muscat.

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Posted in HOLIDAYS, Musandam, Muscat, OMAN, Oman Cruise Excursions, Oman Holidays, Oman Shore Excursions, People, Sea, TOURS, Tours in Oman