I didn't see any snakes or scorpions, but then, my eyes aren't that good any more... I keep the tent closed (flyscreen), so not even midges can get in. Shake out your boots before getting in or keep them inside.

The only issue I see is travelling to Salalah for only 5 days. For me it would be a shame to spend most of my time on long hot desert stretches. I found the mountains in the North interesting enough. If you have reasonable tyres you can get off the tar road. Lars even rode his overloaded GS into the Wahiba Sands. I wanted to ride up the coast there, but my chain wore out too fast...

Down in the desert places like Adamaren't towns at all, just oil rig supply bases. You may have to ask around for petrol, but it should be available. Somewhere I have waypoints for lonely gas stations. Will dig them out.

Don't miss Nizwa!

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Europe to NZ 2006-10

But he practiced in the UAE first...


Nizwa is strongly associated with magic and genies in the Arabian peninsula.
More prosaically, it has a famous old fort.


If you go along the Wahiba Sands, don't miss the sunken car photo opportunity: N20 59.371 E58 47.541

And the long trip down to Dhofar is definitely worth doing.
Stephan

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Hey guys,

Firstly peter & Sephano, am sorry I didn't get there the other weekend, was just too much to do in one day in Dubai. Never have enough time when I get over there!

Shiek, if you come over through Hatta you can always bunk at home in Sohar for a night. I have a spare bed and ! If you ride across the mountains then to Niza that will take 3 hours which is a great ride and I can point you in the right direction. I had 5 days off of work several weeks ago and planned to go to Salalah then as well but just didn't have enough time. Also I didn't want to spend hours on the bike in the mid day heat. It is close to 40 here now! Bit warmer with riding gear on too!

I ended up going to Nizwa, Sur, Ras Al Haad etc and having a good look around the mountains and Wadis here. You can camp anywhere you like there, nobody worries at all. They are great ppl when you get out of the towns. Don't know when your coming over but give me a call if you like, nine, five, 22, seven, three, six, 1, code is 968. If it's this weekend I will be able to join you for a bit of the way. By the way, I work about 3 km from the Hatta border at a mine here, drop in if your over at all. You can't miss it there is a enormous half built workshop on the right!

Oh, the snakes. Nearly forgot, Brett is right the only time you have a prob with them is if by accident or if you go looking for them. Take this from an aussie where we have heaps of em........haha.

Ok, maybe hear from you soon.

Cheers
Ivan

After seeing these images and accounts, I have to go!

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