Saturday, April 26, 2008

Friday, April 25, 2008

BBQ in SUr...





Im now in Sur. Went for a holiday over the weekend ,since my second brother is going back to Malaysia next week. That’s why we came here and visit some of our Malaysian friends. Well, as in my previous blog about Sur I’ve mentioned about Sur located on the coast of Oman i.e Arabian sea. From Nizwa, we had a long journey that took us about four hours to get here. Along the journey we were so excited to see camels and sand dunes and my dad was also so excited explaining to us about things that wee see along the journey, but half way, my dad was talking alone, everyone were asleep. Then, about 7.30 p.m we arrived in Sur and went straight to a friend’s house who is also a Malaysian, of course. I called him uncle Razak, he’s satying alone in Oman while his family is in Malaysia. He is in Sur as a lecturer just like my mom. Uncle Razak really reminds me of my deceased uncle who died a few years back. Well, he’s a very kind person who always welcome his guests to come to Sur and spent a night in his apartment. He’s very kind, generous, and a very neat person (don’t dare to mess up his apartment). Later then, my dad, my two brothers, and uncle Razak went to the town nearby to get some fresh fish, tonight we're going to have a BBQ. Yeay! About half an hour later they arrived back home and started to clean the fish. At first, I really thought that those fish must be small in size as we have in Malaysia because my dad bought it very cheap. But then I was so surprise that the fish were as big as my thigh.
I asked my dad why didn't he buy the smaller ones. He said, well, that’s the smallest.
We then went to the beach that night and started the BBQ fire. My mom, she had a good laugh looking at my brothers trying to start up the fire. She said “how come my boys couldn’t even start up a fire…hahahaha”. Then, hours later, no laaa, just minutes later the coal was ready to grill the fish(or to burn it)...hahaha. That night, we had only seafood for our dinner, while before this back in Nizwa every each day we will not miss chicken and lamb until I myself look like a "sheep", i think. We had crabs and few kinds of fish and we had this fish which they called it Coral fish because it is colourful. At first, it was kindda sad to eat it, but what can we do it’s already been cooked. Makan punya makan,oooops…..hehehe…well without realizing it was already almost 12 midnight. Then, it’s time to go back to the apartment and get some rest. Once we reached the aparment,booom, no one realized what happened and only realized that azan was calling for subuh prayer. This morning we woke up early, not that early, to go for fishing. But before that my mom told my second brother to go up to the rooftop and watch the sunrise. Minutes later my brother came down and told my mom, “the sun it’s already high up in the sky”.hehehehe….
Then we went fishing at the bay near by which my brother was really looking forward to. While walking along the bay we could see fishes of all kinds of shapes, sizes and colours. And you know what, I was so lucky that for the second time I did see a turtle(penyu) swimming on the sea surface. And this time, I managed to capture a picture of it.
This time, we managed to catch a fish, yup just only a fish, one fish only. Well, it’s enough for a souvenir to bring back home to Nizwa. The day was getting hotter, then it was time for us to go back home or all of us will be burnt. Afterwards, it’s time for us to get back home to Nizwa. But on the way home, were going to stop at the light house of Sur and some other places, InsyaAllah. So that’s all for now and for the next journey I will update it later.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

MISFAH, OMAN






Now, we are heading to Misfah. It is a village located on the cliff of Jabal Shams.
Form Nizwa, took us about 40 minutes drive to reach there. While climbing up, we can see the small city of Tanuf. It is so beautiful that you will not get this kind of view in any other places. Misfah is a tourist attraction because of its old houses build up from mud and mountain’s rocks. And it is still preserve until now and some of it there is still people living inside it. We went through the houses and we were so impress until we keep figuring how does this people in the past build this kind of houses. Then, we went along the cliff where we can see local people planting Tamar trees until we reach to an end where we can see two mountains meeting together. It was a great experience visiting this village with the villager are full with kindness where you will feel always want to great them. Maassalamah………

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Jabal Shams, OMAN

Jabal Shams.....

jabal shams is the highest mountain in Oman...
to reach up there you must be experiance enough to drive a 4x4 car or, you can rent a car along with a local driver.





To reach the camp site at jabal shams took about half an hour to reach there...
form there, you can go for hiking until you reach the highest pick. Along the journey, you will experience many kind of expression and impression by looking at the scenery and obstacle that you will face.

Sur...

SUR....

sur is another city right next to the sea where you can experience the beautiful sunrise.
Here, there's a light house where you can view the whole city of Sur.


















In Sur, there's a place where turtles lay thier eggs on it's beach.
And not far from the city of Sur there's a place where ocean meeting the sea. (can you imagine how great it is the creation of god, you are free to experience the wonderful and beatiful things that god has created and how greatful it is to apreciate nature).



(to be continued)

Monday, April 21, 2008

Nizwa City




welcome to Nizwa...
it is an 1 hour drive from Msqat to reach there.
currently, this is the city where my parents are living now. Nizwa is a city famous with its big ford where in the pass it was build as a protection for the people that live in that territory.

Beside that, Nizwa is also famous with it's goat market. It is held only on Friday morning. There, you can see local people come gather around and start biding for the goat's price.




well, dont be suprised looking at those goats,
they're big and hairy. Here, many tourist from the European countries come to experience the way how Omanis managing their sellings.
well its a great experience where you could'nt get it from any other countries.












WELCOME TO OMAN!!

Ahlan washlan ilal Oman!!

Not really many people knows about Oman.
well Oman is a country located in the west-eastern country, 2 hours journey from Dubai to its capital city, Musqat.
My first impression about Oman, it is a land of contrast. Back in Malaysia, we can see greens where in Oman u can only see desert and red mountains(trust me;it is so incredible).








Mutrah is one of the attraction city in Musqat.
it is located right next to the sea where you can see big bots and ships.
in Mutrah, theres a traditional market called Mutrah Souq where you can find antic items and Omanis traditional wearings. During night, you can experience beautiful lights lighting up the whole city of Mutrah.