It’s about time I post someting on the trip to Oman in February

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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