in the Sultanate of Oman

a week in early May with most days up to 40 C/105 F. views of Muscat and the Mutrah area, and into the country to see Nikal, Nizwa and it's Friday goat and cow market, the facinating hillside village of Misfat al-A'briyeen with its fulaj/water channels, the highest elevation in Oman - Jabal Shams and the beautiful Wadi Ghul canyon area, and a drive south along the coastline to the village of Tiwi and the Indian Ocean entrances to Wadi Shab and Wadi Tiwi.