Friday, March 2, 2012

My first camping trip to OMAN

Musendaam Camping & a Dhow Cruise.... was just what I needed after a long week of school. We finished school on Thursday, and I headed out to Oman for a 3 night camping trip. We stayed on the beach one night, and then drove to a spot high over a mountain to this remote bay. It was gorgeous, I was lucky to find a few acasia trees to put my hammock up in, since I didn't really think this one through before packing my camping gear to Dubai. (Mainly desert camping...aka... no trees.... aka... tent hammocks are applicable) But I made it through everything, and even had a few goats below me some nights as they walked past raiding the campground for food. The following morning we went on a Dhow cruise. We even saw a bunch of dolphins swim along side the boat!  It was another fabulous day of snorkeling, swimming, and having flippie contests off the boat. As locals just stared at the "crazy tourists." We also took some amazing hikes through the mountains and I was able to get some mini trail running in. It was a great time and I was glad to have made some new friends who love the outdoors as much as I do.