One of our favourite holidays is to the Middle East. The narrow streets of the remoter hillside villages and the markets of Nizwah in Oman, where guns and swords are part of the everyday dealing, is a most exciting place to visit.
Salalah - wild and desolate, where the mountains meet the sea.
In the far south at Salelah. Climbing up to examine the sticky bark of a Frankincense tree. Yes, it really does come from the bark of certain trees that always seem to grow in awkward places, which I suppose why it is rare!
The restricted girls and woman gazing down from the houses at passing strangers.
One of the many massive forts which dot the countryside
Part of the Souk at Nizwah
