The Gulf region really is quite perfect this time of year. With the temperatures heading southward of the double digits in the evening (especially in them Omani mountains) and the daytime hanging around the low 20s it's nothing but outdoors for us (when we can anyway)! This trip to Oman for Christmas brought us back to our friends John, Melissa and Izzy, and it was pretty awesome!
Apart from hanging out, as friends do, and chatting up a storm about all sorts of this and thats, we also had a couple excursions to see the country. First and foremost it was heading up into the mountains where a beautiful, westward-facing hotel awaited our arrival. The evenings were spend just sitting outside, with our fire, watching the quiet blue-to-yellow-to-orange-to-purple spectacle that is a spectacular sunset over the mountains.
By day we'd sneak out and about and roam a bit. One such roam took us to the top of a canyon where we parked at a small village at the edge and hiked on in. Daddy could only go so far, deciding that perhaps things were looking a little too steep for his liking. But the rest of the gang kept on marching right into the final little bit, sitting for some lunch looking out over the beautiful cliffs, and then returning to pick up daddy and return to the car. Six hours later we were thoroughly tired but happy as can be. Nature sure does have a way of bringing you together, of touching that inner bit of your being and of making you a better person.
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