oman trip - ideas please
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wadi Shab the keyhole etc
snake canyon
turtle beach
green mountain
white sands (not the new hotel bit)
the grand mosque
the chedi
nizwa
kargeens for shisha and chilling
rock bottom so you never complain about Dubai nightlife
was much more fun back in the day when there were no roads to these places
snake canyon
turtle beach
green mountain
white sands (not the new hotel bit)
the grand mosque
the chedi
nizwa
kargeens for shisha and chilling
rock bottom so you never complain about Dubai nightlife
was much more fun back in the day when there were no roads to these places
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 $$$,
explore muscat, drive and overnight at the desert nights camp: http://www.omanhotels.com/desertnightscamp/gallery...
dune bashing, drive and stay at geoff's campsite.
explore the mountains and hightail it home.
2 questions:
what's the easiest/cheapest method of getting omani car insurance? do i also need my driver's licence [have lost it ].
do any of you have an omani GPS i could borrow for a couple of days? the blackberry gps is hopeless at the best of times.
drive to muscat via nizwa. overnight at the al bustan. the chedhi looks great but $$$,
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.
Check your car insurance docs mate, all 3 of mine have Oman cover built in... I think it's almost standard now, the old Omani insurance place at the Hatta crossing was pretty much deserted when I went through a fortnight ago.
I have full 2013 Omani maps on my GPS, if you want to borrow it you're more than welcome.
I have full 2013 Omani maps on my GPS, if you want to borrow it you're more than welcome.
IanUAE said:
At the border I have only ever shown vehicle registration card and passport. If asked if I have insurance I say yes I have (I do as insurance is with AXA).
As is the case with Dubai the roads in and around Muscat are changing alot.
yes, that's because you already have insurance and are talking to the people at the Visa counter. However if Shirt has to buy insurance he will need his DL and registration card.As is the case with Dubai the roads in and around Muscat are changing alot.
IanUAE said:
At the border I have only ever shown vehicle registration card and passport. If asked if I have insurance I say yes I have (I do as insurance is with AXA).
I've been asked for my insurance documents at the Oman border and have had to go back out to the car park to retrieve them.Gentleman Geoff said:
IanUAE said:
At the border I have only ever shown vehicle registration card and passport. If asked if I have insurance I say yes I have (I do as insurance is with AXA).
I've been asked for my insurance documents at the Oman border and have had to go back out to the car park to retrieve them.K50 DEL said:
Gentleman Geoff said:
IanUAE said:
At the border I have only ever shown vehicle registration card and passport. If asked if I have insurance I say yes I have (I do as insurance is with AXA).
I've been asked for my insurance documents at the Oman border and have had to go back out to the car park to retrieve them.So, seems like they are implementing the same checkpoints that you find on the Dubai to hatta road.
I have also experienced these checkpoints on the Oman side after going through the Al Ain border crossing.
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.
Update to the insurance situation....
Thanks to a valet parking muppet I've been to Oman and back twice in the last 2 days.
When I drove myself in in the Corvette I was not asked at any point for insurance details, however at the main immigration hall all the Indian nationals in the queue in front of me were asked and some had to leave the queue, buy insurance and then rejoin at the back.
My second trip through was in an Omani plated pickup, we obviously had to stop again so I could get another visa, my Omani driver was asked to produce his details and vehicle insurance as well.
Seems to be nationality specific!
Thanks to a valet parking muppet I've been to Oman and back twice in the last 2 days.
When I drove myself in in the Corvette I was not asked at any point for insurance details, however at the main immigration hall all the Indian nationals in the queue in front of me were asked and some had to leave the queue, buy insurance and then rejoin at the back.
My second trip through was in an Omani plated pickup, we obviously had to stop again so I could get another visa, my Omani driver was asked to produce his details and vehicle insurance as well.
Seems to be nationality specific!
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