This week Larry planned the most amazing trip to a city in Oman called Musandam. We drove about four hours north of Abu Dhabi up the Pennisula right to the very tip of the country. Evidently the city sits just 25 km from the coast of Iran. 
Once we got there we drove up into the mountains to see what we could discover. We ended up finding lots of cliff homes. They reminded me of the cliff dwellings you can see in the Southern Utah area. The only difference is that here the people still live in them. 
Larry arranged for us to camp on a dhow (traditional Omani boat) that night. 
We boarded the boat around 5pm.
I was curious to see how Paije would do on her first camping trip. We carried her on with all the other camping gear.
When we set sail she just chilled with everybody.
The sunset on the water was beautiful.
For dinner that night the guide made us a traditional meal of curry something with rice.
Under the open sky Paije slept the longest she has slept in her entire life! 7 hours!!!! I think the lull of the water kept her as happy as a clam.
When she woke up (see below) she was just as peaceful as could be.
We got up and watched the sun rise together over the mountains.
The cliffs were spectacular.
During the next day Paije just laid around and dozed. In case you are wondering where she slept you can see her bed in this photo. Its just above her head.
We spent the next day enoying the scenering from the boat.
We also ran into some dolphins. So cool! I've never seen wild dolphins before. They seemed so friendly and swam along side the boat most of the day.
For lunch they cooked us up some fish.
We also did some snorkeling. There were all kinds of really cool shells on the bottom of the ocean. They intrigued me more than the fish.
Here is a view from the road on our drive home.
Once we got there we drove up into the mountains to see what we could discover. We ended up finding lots of cliff homes. They reminded me of the cliff dwellings you can see in the Southern Utah area. The only difference is that here the people still live in them. Larry arranged for us to camp on a dhow (traditional Omani boat) that night. We boarded the boat around 5pm. I was curious to see how Paije would do on her first camping trip. We carried her on with all the other camping gear. When we set sail she just chilled with everybody. The sunset on the water was beautiful.
For dinner that night the guide made us a traditional meal of curry something with rice.
Under the open sky Paije slept the longest she has slept in her entire life! 7 hours!!!! I think the lull of the water kept her as happy as a clam.
When she woke up (see below) she was just as peaceful as could be.
We got up and watched the sun rise together over the mountains.
The cliffs were spectacular.
During the next day Paije just laid around and dozed. In case you are wondering where she slept you can see her bed in this photo. Its just above her head.
We spent the next day enoying the scenering from the boat.
We also ran into some dolphins. So cool! I've never seen wild dolphins before. They seemed so friendly and swam along side the boat most of the day.
For lunch they cooked us up some fish.
We also did some snorkeling. There were all kinds of really cool shells on the bottom of the ocean. They intrigued me more than the fish.
Here is a view from the road on our drive home.
3 comments:
Wow, what a neat experience. I'm glad Paije is enjoying the trip as much as you guys are! (her hair is looking kinda red?!)
Amazing! Many thanks to Larry and Pauline for making that trip happen for you. What a treat. Where does one potty on such a vessel??
Um you guys are making us jealous! Way to not let things get boring over the holidays! Paije already has us beat with her travelogue in the first two months of her life. I'm glad you guys are well!
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