The Road Behind the Mountains

Bidbid to Nizwa Road, Oman

Somehow or other, my mission in Oman seems to be continuing. Recently, ended up making another one night trip to Muscat, with about 20 colleagues and associates. Went there for a meeting. Work isn’t such an interesting subject, so what d’ya think, some photos of Oman instead? Ahem.

The office workload has actually reduced, but we’ve started this business of hunting for a new apartment to shift to. This has turned out to be a time-consuming and frustrating affair. We’ve gotta shift out by the end of June, company’s orders… Wish us luck on finding a good place!

In the meantime, here’re some photos of our road trip from Sur to Nizwa in 2013, using the road behind the mountains, (i.e. via Al Kamil, Ibra, Bidbid). I didn’t exactly want to use the same coastal route we took from Muscat to Sur for the return trip, so here we are, tada!!


Our trusty rented Toyota Yaris, parked at an Omanoil Petrol Station on the Bidbid to Nizwa Road, Oman – not bad for a small car, drove a couple of thousand km in 5 days, thru causeways with running water, gravel roads, etc, and made it back in one piece without any problem




On the road between Ibra and Bidbid, flanked by barren mountains