Mister Ian's Weblog » Oman http://misterian.com Life in Kuwait and elsewhere Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:07:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Small Mosque in Wadi Tiwi http://misterian.com/2008/04/wadi-tiwi-2/ http://misterian.com/2008/04/wadi-tiwi-2/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:12:58 +0000 Ian http://misterian.com/2008/04/wadi-tiwi-2/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }


Wadi Tiwi, originally uploaded by Mister Ian.

Little mosque in the Wadi

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Wadi Tiwi, originally uploaded by Mister Ian.

A view looking back down the wadi from where we came in and would subsequently exit.

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20080225_DSC0792, originally uploaded by Mister Ian.

These guys were doing flips off the cliff into the water. And our guide said they were not from the area. He noticed their accent (in Arabic of course) was not the same as the one from Tiwi the closest town where the guide is from.

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Muscat Fish Market, originally uploaded by Mister Ian.

After the tour of the Mosque we went to the fish and vegetable market. We were a bit late in the day, close to lunchtime so missed most of the action. I did notice different kinds of fish than what we get in Kuwait, don’t ask me to name them though.



Muscat Fish Market, originally uploaded by Mister Ian.

Some colouful people in the market.

]]> http://misterian.com/2008/03/muscat-fish-market/feed/ 0 It’s about time I post someting on the trip to Oman in February http://misterian.com/2008/03/grand-mosque-prayer-hall/ http://misterian.com/2008/03/grand-mosque-prayer-hall/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:19:23 +0000 Ian http://misterian.com/2008/03/grand-mosque-prayer-hall/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }

I’ll start posting about it each day some images. If you click on any images you can go to the full gallery on Flickr.

First we did a city tour of Muscat and the highlight is the Grand Mosque.



Grand Mosque Prayer Hall, originally uploaded by Mister Ian.

The main musalla (prayer hall) is square (external dimensions 74.4 x 74.4 metres) with a central dome rising to a height of fifty metres above the floor.



Dome of the Grand Mosque, originally uploaded by Mister Ian.

Largest chandelier in the world 8.5 tons, 8 m diameter with 1200 lights.

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