Dear readers,
today comes another post about the countryside of Oman, Wadi bin Khalid !
This place is a drained riverbed in the mountains of Oman. It was an approx. 3 hour car ride from Muscat. If there would have been highways with more than one lane each direction, it would have probably only been around 2 hours :-) Because instead of driving 140 kmph we continuously got stuck behind a "slow" 100 kmph driving car.
Whatever, back to the Wadi. The Wadi itself is located in a deep canyon in the mountains. Because the whole riverbed is drained you'll find smaller stones and the end of the Wadi and huge rocks the closer you get to the spring. So, it turned out to become a nice hiking experience, as you can see on the pictures.
But the Wadi is actually not completely dry. From time to time you'll find some nice water pools between the rocks. After approx. 1.5 hour hiking trip we'll reached one of these. It was sourrounded by cliffs which were around 5-7m high at one end, And it was so deep that we couldn't see the ground. SO -> a great spot for cliff jumping. :-)))
And so we did, jsut right in the blue water and it was heavenly refreshing. It was not too cold, so that we didn't shiver but felt cold enough so that we didn't want to leave it any more. And it was fresh water, means drinkable.
After some nice jumps and fun, we headed back to our car, following some local boys who played chasing in the water pool and the surrounding cliffs.
So, if you ever have the chance to go to a Wadi, do it (not all of them are dry by the way :-)
My next post is going to be about my work at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Hajo
No comments:
Post a Comment