Back to Reality

The rain had stopped during the night and it was a beautiful day in the morning again. My trip took me back along the road and I tried to stop off at some prehistoric tombs that have been there for 5000 years (3000 bc). It wasn't that easy to find the way to get close to these tombs. I had to cross another wadi and drive along one. It was all explained in the Book and I did finally get there walked up to the beehive tombs maybe 200 m, saw a little snake slithering about and enjoyed being at a 5000 year old burial site all on my own with no one watching.

On the drive back to Muscat I cut across between two major roads and came through some nice villages with some forts and oasis like little valleys. This I felt was really off the beaten path with kids waving and being really happy ( I assume) to see such a strange white man walking around their town.
Since the couch didn't work out that night I went back to my favourite Hotel, which later turned out to be probably one of the cheapest in Oman. I still wanted to meet up with Aziz but time was a bit short. We agreed to meet at another (the third) Costa along the Street of the 18th of November (sorry I didn't research the significance of this date in Oman history).

I didn't really get there on the direct way and also due to a lot of traffic on the road arrived quite late but we had a good time and I also met his girlfriend Gredien who is working in the Dutch Embassy in Saudi Arabia and was over for the week. It was quite interesting to hear about life in Saudi Arabia but at some point it was time to part and head back to the hotel and get ready for the next stop. Nepal. This will be an adventure as well. I have really enjoyed Oman, though, it was full of beautiful landscapes, exciting animals and maybe most importantly wonderful, friendly people. Goodbye, I hope we meet again.