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  1. jc3 avatar

    Re: Good beach vacation spot in the ME in June

    by jc3 30 May 2012

    Thank you for those suggestions. Dahab was great a few years ago and Nuweiba looks like a good prospect. I was hoping for something…

  2. adiyar avatar

    RE: Woman travelling in Saudi Arabia

    by adiyar 29 May 2012

    Thank you for your answers. Sorry, didn't do much research about the border between Saudi and Oman. If I decide to visit Oman, yes I will…

  3. Ex_Pat_From_Hell avatar

    RE: I Call BS!

    by Ex_Pat_From_Hell 28 May 2012

    I still don't understand black outs. As I posted before, I got extremely wasted one night when packing to move from Romania to Oman. There…

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    RE: Day trip to Iran from Doha - IS IT POSSIBLE?

    by djdesi 28 May 2012

    Day trip to Iran... hmmm... Its not possible to have a day trip to Iran via a boat/ferry/ship unless you are flying into Iran. There…

  5. ansanziah avatar

    Re: Day trip to Iran from Doha - IS IT POSSIBLE?

    by ansanziah 27 May 2012

    Hi, I can only recommed you that Oman (Muscat and some places nearby) and UAE (Dubai, Abu dhabi) are good choices for touring in this…

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    Re: How to get from Dubai to Ramallah and back

    by jepperobert 26 May 2012

    > {quote:title=dork wrote:}{quote} > Background: USA passport, UAE resident visa inside plus stamps from Lebanon, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrai…

  7. RCSLey avatar

    RE: Iran 15-Day Travel Plans - June 2012

    by RCSLey 26 May 2012

    Yeah we are planning to do Persepolis during one of the Shiraz days, and the last day in Tehran we fly out early morning basically. Thank…

  8. genghis_caterpillar avatar

    RE: Woman travelling in Saudi Arabia

    by genghis_caterpillar 24 May 2012

    Again, I have no idea on most of your queries, but I'll add to what ahmd said: Technically, there are at least two border crossings…

  9. ahmd avatar

    Re: Woman travelling in Saudi Arabia

    by ahmd 24 May 2012

    Sorry, I can't answer your questions but I know that there is NO boarder crossing between Saudi and Oman. the thousand mile boarder is…

  10. adiyar avatar

    Woman travelling in Saudi Arabia

    by adiyar 24 May 2012

    I'm waiting for a family visit visa to come through in the next few days - 30 day single entry. Visa was sponsored by my sister/bother-in-la…

  11. biztravels avatar

    Franincense in Salalah

    by biztravels 22 May 2012

    I need to purchase authentic best grade frankincense in Salalah or surrounding Dohfar mountains where it is grown and cultivated by small…

  12. stulle123 avatar

    Re: Travel partner for Dubai, UAE and Oman 1July to 16 July

    by stulle123 18 May 2012

    You will just me. Will be there (by myself) July 18-24. Dang it!

  13. mrpenney avatar

    RE: Fill in the blank with a country

    by mrpenney 18 May 2012

    >If you post Samoa of these puns, it might get a bit Chile in here. Oman, is that first one bad. --M.

  14. Isolina avatar

    Re: camping and 2wd in Oman

    by Isolina 16 May 2012

    hello, I am also planning to travel to Oman and would like to know what car rental company you used. Thanks

  15. zararock avatar

    RE: Notes from my Travels

    by zararock 14 May 2012

    Agree with the poins above, specially needing a car to get around the friendly people. When we visited Oman, locals were super friendly…

  16. UsvaAuer avatar

    Where to find the hottest men? Here's my TOP 15

    by UsvaAuer 11 May 2012

    Been to more than one hundred countries, made friends (and more...) with guys from some 80 countries. Want my opinion on hottest guys?…

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    RE: visas for a couple in Saudi Arabia

    by zashibis 11 May 2012

    As above, it's very difficult to get a tourist visa for Saudi...and even if you did, would you really want to spend the thousands of dollars…

  18. JohnTannahill avatar

    RE: Summer in Scotland

    by JohnTannahill 10 May 2012

    Perfect. From Edinburgh you can catch a train to Glasgow, no problem. Then, get on the West Highland Lines to Oban from Glasgow Queen…

  19. a_shikhs avatar

    Summer in Scotland

    by a_shikhs 10 May 2012

    Hi, I am planning to take my family to Scotland for a holiday sometime in July. We were first planning to go to Wales but now we are tempted…

  20. bigal1 avatar

    RE: Cheap Flights from Bangkok to London or Germany

    by bigal1 10 May 2012

    There have been some very good deals direct with the middle east carriers such as Qatar, Emirates, Ethiad, Gulf (Oman?) who will offer…

  21. Mongolia avatar

    Car running without engine on!!! - magnetic earth power?

    by Mongolia 10 May 2012

    Hi Some years ago my girlfriend and i visited Oman and went to the city of Salalah next to Yemen. There we stayd at Holiday Inn. In the…

  22. JenniferJ avatar

    RE: visas for a couple in Saudi Arabia

    by JenniferJ 09 May 2012

    Just content yourselves with flying into the UAE and taking a side trip to Oman. They are the two countries most commonly visited by tourist…

  23. akvilovsky avatar

    visas for a couple in Saudi Arabia

    by akvilovsky 08 May 2012

    Hello, we are a couple and plan a worldtrip. While checking flights to India, we decided to visit the U.A.E. (because almost all the…

  24. almondy23 avatar

    Oman Trip Report, April 2012.

    by almondy23 08 May 2012

    So just spent 10 days in Oman/UAE, thought I would post and what was an excellent trip. Oman is the best by far for outdoors stuff, in…

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    Re: Western Hajar in 2 1/2 days; Feasible?

    by cdvalain 08 May 2012

    Well, we are just coming back from Oman and we drove along this 4x4 road. We started in the morning and we arrived round five in Nizwa.…

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