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View from the bus between Muscat and Nizwa about 150 km south. Oman is a vast mountanous desert with the occasional oasis like Nizwa.
The Majan Hotel was far from the cendter but the price was reasonable (29 $US).
These ruins of an old fort next to the Majan Hotel had been spared the generalised zealous restoration that has made Oman beautiful but somewhat artificial.
The size of the big parking lot in front of the extensively restored fortifications at the entrance of the town is indicative of the number of tourists that come here in season.
Nizwa Mosque
Nizwa market
Numerous shops are well stocked with a wide variety of souvenirs to welcome tourists.
A spotless fish market
Fruit and vegetable market for modern vendors.
There was even a room for the more traditionnal vendors who prefer to display their produce on the ground.
Here is a panoramic view of the Nizwa palm oasis as seen from the tower of town's fortifications.
Scenery on the way to the As Seeb airport in greater Muscat where I took a Kuwait Air flight to Bahrain via Kuwait.
