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Like a kid, you would want to scream. But you can’t because the air turbulence is too strong and the machine is so loud it will just drown everything that comes from your mouth. For those who’ve...

   Everyone was aware that one way, the trek is going to take about 8 hours. The ultimate destination is an island. Along the way, they were told of amazing mountain formations, of roads less...

Yeru Ebuen  - yeru.ebuen@gmail.com - There’s nothing more important to millennials than work-life balance and personal and career growth. With a career spanning over 10 years, I’ve seen...

 From the luxurious balcony of Anantara, one can see three villages that during this time of the year, are lush and verdant green. The terraced gardens are hard to identify from such distance but...

   Gdynia is miles away from Oman. Although very different in a lot of ways, the one feature it shares with the Sultanate is that it is also a port city. Gdynia is one of the cities that make up...

Very early each morning, especially on weekends, staff and personnel of the Ras al Jinz Turtle Reserve comb the long stretch of isolated beach surrounded by tall mountains on both ends in this remote...

I was planning to take a quick swim at the pool on the ground floor area of my building, my usual morning routine, when an email sent to our Observer account caught my attention. It was a two...

A lot of them have been dried out by the sun. They needed retouching but despite so, they continue to tell the story of tales that they were designed for. It was an ambitious project when it was...

Shared Thoughts There was a time that I really like photography. I still do now but not with the same zest that I used to have. I just rediscovered it over the weekend thanks to the help of a great...

   A few kilometres away from Muscat Hills Dive Resort, the new name of Oman Dive Centre, a 3000-ton vessel sits at the bottom of the ocean. It was sunk by the Royal Navy of Oman in 2003 and...

Far beyond the popular Wadi Dayqah Dam towards villages quite forgotten by time are serpentine roads no one would ever believe were there. These were unpopular roads heading towards Wadi al Arbeieen....

Shared Thoughts Oman is a country of goodbyes. All countries actually are but with almost half of the Sultanate’s population made up of expats, you can’t help but notice it happening all the...

It’s hard to miss the goats. They’d been there as long as the falaj network was built to provide convenient water to the villages nearby. They come in tribes with their kids usually trailing far...

With a full orchestra behind you, how do you make sure that the flawlessness of their performance does not overshadow that of yours especially if you’re a world renown baritone?If you’d been to...

It’s easy to miss ‘The Jungle’ located right next to the Qurum Garden. The lush foliage surrounding the property gives an impression that it is an extension of the garden itself but if you...

Yevgeniya travelled for more than four hours from Dubai going to Oman for several reasons, but primary of this, being a free spirit, is that despite climbing some of the treacherous peaks of the...

It was a night of eclectic performances and on a different setting, two of the outstanding performers would have had the crowd calling for an encore. The official launch of the 10th Muscat...

(With Titash Chakraborty)   The National Museum of Oman houses many of the priceless treasures of the Sultanate. A quick tour of its gargantuan halls will show you important artefacts not only from...

It was no one’s birthday. But for a few minutes, we sat there in silence watching the candlelight dance with the soft breeze passing through the opened window. A moment like this is rare for ours...

(With Titash Chakraborty) Wadi Bani Awf, also spelled Wadi Bani Awuf, is a large wadi in Wilayat Al Rustaq in Al Batinah South Governorate of Oman, and is Oman’s largest natural water park. The...