Oman 2000

AE-00 ARAB EMIRATES OF PERSIAN GULF Date of travel: Nov 7 - Nov 21, 2000 ITINERARY: Lufthansa plane is leaving Los Angeles Airport with 10 hour delay for a problem with one engine. That results in missing flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), spending night in a hotel and coming to Dubai one day late. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: (3 days on the beginning and 1 day on the end of the trip, sightseeing of Dubai, by bus to Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE and its sightseeing, sightseeing of Al-Ain oasis), by minibus to OMAN: (3 days: Unlike the other countries of this trip, Oman is a sultanate. In a minibus sightseeing of northern Oman with forts Sohar, Al-Hazm and Nakhal, the capital of the country Muscat, the 160 km from Muscat former seat of the iman the town of Nizwa, a palace Jabrin built 1671, which is another fort now, town of Bahla, which is World Heritage Site, and town of Al-Hamra with several multistory houses like those common in Yemen), flight via Qatar to KUWAIT: (1 day: sightseeing of the city, still some damage after Saddam Husain invasion in 1990), flight to BAHRAIN: (2 days: sightseeing of the island with Bahrain Fort, grave-mounds and excavations of an old settlement guarded by military at Sarr Village, Royal Tombs at A’Ali, the seat of the emir in Riffa, oil wells, first oil in Bahrain was found in 1931, sightseeing of Manama, the capital of Bahrain), flight to QATAR: (1.5 days: sightseeing of the island with some dune riding and BBQ in the desert, in the evening by myself on foot through Doha, the capital), flight to Dubai (UAE). Here I and two others rent a car with a driver to quickly visit the rest of the emirates which form UAE. Driving from Dubai to Sharjah, then Ajman, followed by Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah and the last one the emirat Fujarah at the Bay of Oman. Travel office: Bestway Tours & Safaris (through independent agent Chris) Who took part: 8 travelers, leader from Bestway and local guides