Salalah Port, Oman.

We arrived yesterday afternoon in the port of Salalah in Southern Oman, It's a pretty small anchorage tucked away in the back of the huge port and with around 30 yachts here it's pretty tight! Most of us have had to put out stern anchors and then take two lines to shore to tie around boulders on the sea wall. We're surrounded by dry dusty mountains and a spectacular cliffed coast which is such a contrast from where we've spent our last year in Asia...welcome to the Middle East!!
Yesterday evening we walked out of the port to the aptly named Oasis Bar where they sell great steaks and pints of beer on tap...in a dry Muslim country that's pretty impressive! Over the next couple of days we plan to hire a car and explore the city of Salalah and the surrounding area, it will be quite interesting to see how much it's changed in the eight years since I was last here. The checking in process is extremely smooth and easy although pretty expensive at $161 US dollars in and out.

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