After breakfast, we were picked up by Yahya and David who arranged a boat for us to go see the famous Musandam Fjords and to do some sightseeing, swimming and snorkeling.
Yahya is a cousin of Yhan from Muscat who we met through the Oman Bikers Club. He is married, has 3 small daughters and his wife is from the Philippines. He works in fire prevention.
David is Egyptian, Christian, and lived in Moscow for 5 years ... and a few other countries.
Great guys to spend time with swimming and talking about Oman, philosophy, politics, religion, history, and 100 other things. Incredible to always realize that at the end of the day, we are all the same.
Our boat was a dhow with a Persian rug and cushions all around the deck ... what a great custom ... to conduct all meetings, chats, meals while sitting on the floor surrounded by rugs and cushions ... very civilized.
Made it all the way inside the fjords for some incredible nature (see pictures below) ... we also visited Telegraph Island, small rocky island that was a telegraph-cable repeater station built in 1864. So remote ... why would you need a station here?
The return to Khasab was a bit rougher when we hit the open water but the dhow handled it very well.
Dinner was at the Musandam Restaurant in town (best restaurant) where we met a German couple that had just arrived to Oman and where on their way down to Salalah. It seems so long ago that we were there but it was only 10 days ago! The German couple spoke Spanish, French, English, German, and a few others perfectly. They had lived in Chile for a bit.
Tomorrow, we go to the highest point in Oman on our way to Dubai.
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