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Tour of Oman 2012 final day Sunday

Posted on February 19, 2012 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

We made it onto the Corniche in Muttrah to watch Marcel Kittel win the final stage of the Tour of Oman 2012.

Tour of Oman Muttrah Corniche 2012

Despite winning two stages it wasn’t him but was Peter Velits who won overall victory.

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Tagged Mountains, Muscat, Muttrah Corniche, OMAN, oman blog, Oman Tour, Tour of Oman, Tour of Oman 2012

Tour of Oman 2012 day 4

Posted on February 17, 2012 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

Lodewickj Klass and Vandenbergh Stijn lead on day 4 of the Tour of Oman cycle race.

TOUR OF OMAN Lodewickj Klass and Vandenbergh Stijn

They were more than 3 minutes ahead of the pack of riders which includes the tour leader André Greipel of Lotto-Belisol

TOUR OF OMAN 2012 pack

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Tagged Mountains, Muscat, OMAN, oman blog, Oman Tour, Tour of Oman, Tour of Oman 2012, عمان, مسقط

Tour of Oman Schedule

Posted on February 13, 2012 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

The Tour of Oman bike race is starting on Tuesday in Muscat Oman – here is the schedule with all times GMT

Tuesday   14/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN at Muscat Palace to Huwquain 16:00 – 20:00
Wednesday   15/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN Sur to Wadi Dayqah 16:30 – 20:00
Thursday   16/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN Wadi bani Kharus to Muscat Airport 16:40 – 20:00
Friday   17/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN Bid Bid to Wadi Kabir Muscat – 16:45 – 20:00
Saturday   18/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN Royal Opera House Muscat to Jebel Akhdar – 16:00 – 20:00
Sunday   19/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN Al Khawd to Muttrah Corniche 16:00 – 19:00

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Traditional Medicine at Muscat Festival

Posted on February 5, 2012 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

Cupping

I had a nice visit to Qurm Park to enjoy the 2012 Muscat Festival.
One of the new displays was of ‘cupping’ a traditional medicine in Oman, and elsewhere,

Cupping Muscat Festival

where heat is applied to, in this case an animal horn, to stimulate the blood and/or draw out malignancies.

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Tagged Cupping, Muscat, Muscat Festival, OMAN, Traditional Medicine, عمان, مسقط

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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