Leaving the comfort of the Salalah Marriot, we headed up the coast. Oman is doing some major road expansion and the road from Mirbat to Hasik, which winds through crinkly foothills, is being straightened and expanded to meet up with the incredible road constructed from Hasik to Ash Shuwaymiyah, linking these two towns through a mountainous range. Continue reading
2016 has been a year of much change in my life, 2017 is a totally new horizon. The sun sets on another chapter, but the next one is to come…
On the way back to Dubai from my recent Oman road trip, we passed through the old city of Bahla, in the Ad Dakhiliyah region of Oman on the route back to the border crossing at Al Ain in the UAE. Continue reading
November 2016:
A pre-dawn wake up at Kharfat. Catching shots of fishing boats out on the water as the glow of the sunrise built up. Continue reading
Linking with Skywatch Friday
So, it’s another day tomorrow, another week, another chance to travel.
Back to my favorite country in the morning, Oman and driving down to the furthest place you can sensibly go to, Dhalkut, Dhofar Governorate, Oman. Continue reading
This month’s challenge from Jude is “During November I want to see trees or leaves or anything found in a woodland environment”.
There are no woods in the United Arab Emirates, but luckily I had a trip to Central Vietnam during this month. Continue reading
Huế’,Vietnam, November 2016.
Huế’s Imperial city is surrounded by a moat and thick walls. Building started in 1804 in the reign of Emperor Gia Long. Until the demise of the Emperors in the mid-1900’s, more moats and building were added. During the Vietnam war, due to Huế’s religious and cultural status, US troops were ordered not to bomb or shell the city, for fear of destroying the historic structures. Continue reading
Vietnam, November 2016-seeing Hue.
When you have a dodgy hip and you don’t want to stop seeing Hue, the answer is to hire a Cyclo driver.
After a morning at the Imperial palace, which is huge, impressive and awesome, my legs told me I couldn’t do much more, but there was so much more of the city to see.
Hobbling out to the road to try to find some form of transport back to the hotel , the cyclo drivers were lined up just waiting for the likes of me. Continue reading
Earlier this year I was in Bristol, Uk, doing town with my daughter, who lives and works there and happened upon an exhibition of “Briswool” for Sit and Knit at the Mshed museum on Bristol docks.
I would highly recommend Mshed as a place to go if you ever happen to be in Bristol. It holds an excellent representation of Bristol’s social and working history with an eclectic collection of objects, photographs, paintings and of course, some Banksy history. Continue reading
I didn’t post for Thursday Doors last week as I was en route to Vietnam.
I’ve now reached Huế in Central Vietnam.
Huế was the seat of Nguyen Dynasty emperors and the national capital from 1802-1945. Continue reading
This week, windows from Hội An, Vietnam.
I’m currently traveling in Vietnam. Hội An and Huế are my destinations this time.
Hội An is a Unesco World Heritage site and is now a major tourist attraction. Continue reading
There are times when you just decide to do something with great enthusiasm and then, as it gets closer, you hope it’s not out of your comfort zone.
Here I am, waiting out a 2-hour flight delay sitting in domestic departures, Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon). Continue reading
Yesterday’s sunset and storm clouds over the Andaman sea….
Shot on iPhone6.
Linking with Skywatch Friday.
Playing with iPhone apps on the road ( through the passenger window, just saying so you don’t think I’m iPhoning behind the wheel, heaven forbid 🙂 …)…Chaos in lights on a bumpy road, but I liked the abstract effect, especially for this Chaos challenge…
Wiring in Saigon….Chaos
Sometimes it’s just all about what’s through the window.
Take this mall in Dubai, one of very many across the city.
An attractive atrium, palms rising up to the glass windows in the roof… Continue reading
Some more residential Dubai doors and gates for this weeks Thursday doors, from the Jumeirah area.(Arabic: جميرا, “Beautiful”) Continue reading
Dubai Marina, a mix of commercial and residential skyscrapers with fabulous views…
This weeks challenge is to provide our view of transmogrify, which means, “to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.”
I headed back to the Stokes Croft area of Bristol, UK, where street art and graffiti has morphed the area into a vibrant suburb. On one street corner, this design seemed to fit the subject….
Dubai is an ever-developing city. People who work here have to live here and currently, the pace of construction and release of new housing developments is quite frantic. Continue reading
Travels in the Middle East and beyond 