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Okay, I'm actually leaving for Oman round about the 20th for however long (i have 2 weeks off). So if there is anyone in the area wants to come along, it'd be great!
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Okay, I'm actually leaving for Oman round about the 20th for however long (i have 2 weeks off). So if there is anyone in the area wants to come along, it'd be great!
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What time are you off next weekend? I could join you down to perhaps Nizwa or Muscat (depending on your route) on Friday & Saturday if it suits your plans.
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Well, nothing is set in stone, so I can do fri, and the route as yet is more of a destination, so if you know of one then I'm pretty cool with that.
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Oman, NIzwa
Hey Sam / Stephan
You will like Nizwa, it's much cooler there too, but you guys should be used to the heat? I tell you it's great to ride for 2 days down to Salalah through the desert and heat and then as you climb the mountain just before Salalah it begins to cool down, get foggy then rain. Amazing place I must say. A ride to the Yemen border is also a great ride climbing up and through the mountains.
There is a cave, just your side of Nizwa (sorry can't remember it's name) but the roads around there are quite good, there is also a road up over the mountain back towad the coast which is a hard but good ride. It's asphalt up to the top then the track narrows and and becomes gravel. I went through there 2 up on the 12GS and burnt my back rotor out! Faulty disc actually, was changed under warranty tho.
Anyways guys let us know how you go. I have to go back to work on Monday.....bugger!
Cheers
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Anyways guys let us know how you go. I have to go back to work on Monday.....bugger!
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Don't go looking for sympathy round here, Ivan!
Sam, how about meeting one evening this week and planning something for the weekend? I can give you an escort on your way down to Dhofar.  But like, Ivan, I have to be back at work after the weekend.
Send me a PM. Stephan
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13 Dec 2007
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VFR in Oman?
Is it ok to ride an over loaded sports tourer in Oman, i.e. is there plenty of tarmac going to interesting places?
As I'm currently in Iran and Dubai and Oman seem so close it seems a shame not to visit especially as Jan-Feb seems the best time of year.
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Yes, there is. Check out my web site. And while you are there, why not continue down to Yemen?
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I have been reading your website!! And that is why I asked the question as you seem to be doing loads of off-roading (which is cool for you) but my aging VFR is not so keen on the wobbly stuff preferring the hard black stuff :-)
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Is it ok to ride an over loaded sports tourer in Oman.
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Come on over! Maybe I'll ride my overweight K1200 with you for a few miles. 
Stephan
PS It's really cold here now... about 25°C and partly cloudy!
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