There are famuus fiords in Norway, but did you hear about fiords in Arabia?
In the night we sailed trough the Strait of Hormuz – the only gate to the Arab Gulf. It is as narrow as 21 miles in the minimal point!
Just after we reached a little port of Kasab on The Mussandam Peninsula. The Peninsula is the enclave of lovely Oman and I am happy to be here again.
The tip of the peninsula has a number of fiords. Mountains around are 700 -800 m high so it is very picturesque place.
No roads to the fiords. I paid for the tour on the old Arab boat (dhow) to go to one of the fiords – 17 kms long.
Nice adventure – at the end of the fiord there are tiny fishermen’s villages and Telegraph Island – a piece of land where in 19th century established manned station on the India to Iraq cable…
After 5 years the staff got crazy and the station was abbandoned.
In the afternoon I went by foot to the Khasab Fort (1,5 km from the port) – well worth a visit – there is interesting museum and the pretty Omani ladies will treat you with the local coffee and Omani bread!
Once in the center of Khasab I found the Omani friend who took me on his car along the coastal road for the great view of the bay. Lovely country!
