Today we drove from the beach north of Muscat through the Arabian desert into the center of the country. We drove through beautiful craggy mountains, rocky desert, some blowing sand and quite empty countryside into a place called the Wahiba Sands.
These huge sand dunes rise up out of an area of otherwise flat and rocky countryside. The wind continuously blows them around so they are always in different shapes. In fact, the Omani border with Saudi Arabia is legally undefined in a large section because the shifting sands make recognizing exact locations difficult (and the area is only occupied by tribal nomads).
We had a great time hiking up and running around the dunes. And, as everyone advised us, just when you think you are in the middle of nowhere in Oman, some Bedouins will find you. And sure enough, a family of 3 kids and a teenager did. While only one of them spoke any English, we were able to learn that his favorite soccer team was Real Madrid which he watched from the satellite dish at his house in the desert.
And we scrambled up and then sprinted and jumped down the dunes with the little kids, which is fun in Arabic, English, or any other language.
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