We get the first taste of the heat that we will experience the next few days. It is even too hot to swim in the sea; the water has the temperature of a jacuzzi in Davos! Later in the afternoon, still hot, Tom and webmaster visit the famous souk. The gold section is quite impressive and there are many local people in the gold shops here. It looks like there is purchasing power here.
Lebanese dinner at hotel and again another early bed time.

Historically Omanis were seafarers and traders who dominated regional commodity trading in the Indian Ocean, East Africa and the Arabian Gulf. There were thus a succession of migrations which saw the growth of settlements along some parts of the East African coast.
In 1970, QABOOS bin Said Al Said ousted his father and has ruled as sultan ever since. His extensive modernization program has opened the country to the outside world and has preserved a long-standing political and military relationship with the United Kingdom.
Oman's moderate, independent foreign policy has sought to maintain good relations with all Middle Eastern countries.