oman trip - ideas please

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given the length of time i've been here now, it is rather poor form that i have hardly explored the emirates, let alone been accross the border to oman.

i'm looking at going for a few days in november, i'd like to do muscat, wadi shab, a night in the desert camp and maybe turtle beach.

any other must sees and hotel ideas? also looking for a rough itinerary for a roundtrip to avoid a straight 7hr drive to muscat.

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my car cannot physically go beyond 140kph!

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cheers for the info. geoff and wow, that scenery is amazing! where's that??

mr dusty, ta for the kind offer but i will need desert ability. looking at a few days in early november as m immediate priority is to find somewhere to live before the 21st!

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i am the worlds greatest procrastinator!

started looking at vilals but was a hiding to nowhere, the places with a garage were at the top of our budget and potential dewa bills were offputting.

now looking at a 2/3 bed apartment and then will find a lockup to rent in jebel ali or dwc.

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if it's a 2 bed then there's freer choice of location, but if a 3 it has to be the marina/jbr [possible 3rd flatmate's terms]. for a lockup i'll send that guy a PM but jebel or dwc would be easier to get to and cheaper.

oh and ive still gotta find/fit a transfer case :S

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i'll buy the book, that looks a must see! will def. be hitting the wadi's and wahiba sands as i'll be having one night in the desert camp nr bidiyah.

al bustan looks a winner as well.

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cheers guys. i think it's going to be 3 nights/4 days.

drive to muscat via nizwa. overnight at the al bustan. the chedhi looks great but $$$,

explore muscat, drive and overnight at the desert nights camp: http://www.omanhotels.com/desertnightscamp/gallery...

dune bashing, drive and stay at geoff's campsite.

explore the mountains and hightail it home.


2 questions:

what's the easiest/cheapest method of getting omani car insurance? do i also need my driver's licence [have lost it ].

do any of you have an omani GPS i could borrow for a couple of days? the blackberry gps is hopeless at the best of times.

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z4chris99 said:

you don't need a GPS there is only one motorway.

gps for mainly offroad use and finding the geo positions in the explorer guide. i don't trust the blackberry to be more accurate than throwing a dart at the map.

i've designated saturday morning to go sit in barsha police station/rta. need a replacement driving licence and i've also managed to lose my vehicle registration card along with it. careless, but i'm sure after 3-4hrs waiting it won't be something i'd care to repeat.

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cheers, good to know. i'll do the police report at jebel ali then. def. barsha for the sit in though as they hve the licensing section based there.

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New licence and registration card sorted at barsha, one hour all in, not bad!

Licence pic replete with denim workshirt and movember tache. Porntastic!