It was absolutely silent in our little gorge last night. The silence was broken first by the call to prayer, […]

Oh to have a bed. That whole Great Outdoors thing is all very well but we appreciated mattresses sheets and […]

My back was less than thrilled at a night under what passes for canvas these days but we all slept […]

I was briefly aware of a distant muezzin at dawn but slept on for another hour or so, until sunlight […]

We turned the light off last night with the sound of the rushing falaj beneath us, though this stopped around […]

It was a muggy night in our little room with a fan humming and ticking from the ceiling. So we […]

To the Lebanese cafe for breakfast. “No coffee, so sorry”.. OK so back to the juices then and omelette with […]

Does anywhere sound more exotic than “Muscat”?  It summons images of camel trains arriving from the Empty Quarter, traders from […]

We are reclining on cushions spread beneath a palm frond roof. One end of it is supported by a twisted […]