Driving here is a crazy, stressful experience that provides entertainment if nothing else. Luckily for me I haven't had to drive yet (yet being the optimum word as my time will come I am sure) and have only had the pleasure of experiencing Omani driving as a passenger...worse than being the driver in some ways! Obviously they drive on the right hand side of the road and everyone (almost) drives an automatic. The issue is that there seems to be an apparent lack of awareness or commonsense when it comes to maneuvering the vehicles between cars and lanes. Its not that the drivers can't control the vehicles, its everything...
Friday, 17 June 2011
Saturday, 11 June 2011
DUBAI!
Oli and I visited Dubai for the first time earlier this week, staying over for one night. We flew out of Muscat at 8am and landed 50mins later in the UAE giving us two full days to explore. Dubai is nothing like I have experienced before - a strange mix of so many different places all coming together to form something I can't quite categorise. The city doesn't seem to have a set identity but rather feels like a combination of Muscat, L.A., Spain and Shanghai, a bizarre mix enhanced by the presence of so many different nationalities (80%...
Friday, 3 June 2011
Interior Design
All this moving we have been doing over the past week or so got me thinking about Omani interior design. We have visited a number of local curtain and furniture stores including a small curtain store in Al Ghubra, the Marina in Qurum, and Home Centre in Muscat City Centre. In traditional Arabic style much of the furniture is rich in colour and extravagant in design. Unless you were to visit Ikea up in Dubai its unlikely you will come across minimalist furnishings. Interior design here is impressive and luxurious and I love it (perhaps...
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