Next Friday

" I am in a wadi mood today" my hubby said while wiping his sleepy eyes producing one loud yawn and at the same time cracking his neck and fingers. "You serious, now, this time of hour?" I Shockley asked "I am if you are" he replied.

What on earth was he thinking, deciding for a wadi trip 11 oclock on Friday morning, and I thought I was spontaneous, my hubby proved me he too can be super spontaneous. Flash back ladies and gentleman, the Friday I had last week is about to happen again only this time you multiply the speed by zillion, and I mean that literarily!


You, prepare the meat, you, get the children dressed up and ready, you, grab the camping chairs, coal and BBQ set, you, don’t forget the camera and remind me to get some ice at the nearest select. By 12 noon, we were set to go


Wadi Tayeen, that’s the place my hubby chose, for one we haven’t been there before, and typical Neo, adventurous, always seek to discover places without prior preparation or even decent warning. Did he mention about the trip where we mistakenly end up in Jabal Shams and all we wanted to do is have a nice lunch at Wadi Bani Awf and head up to Nizaw Hotel for a night?. One minor detail we didn’t know that in order to get to Nizwa Hotel Via Wadi Bani Awf is for us to climb 3000m worth of altitude at 5 degree Celsius outside temperature, with as much as half tank of petrol passing through a road just enough for the width of our Prado, one mistake turn I would be writing this diary in heaven or Hell or in the grave, anyway the point is, I would be dead by now, and every time I remember that day I still get the shivers

Going towards Nizwa taking the Sur route, 92 KM zeroed from Burj Al-Sahwa, just after the Oman Oil Petrol station we took a left turn, of which 57KM after that we arrived Wadi Tayeen. Yet another Petrol Station we encountered of which we took a left turn before it immediately, and it’s a 20 minutes bumpy road all the way to the waters


The wadi was a dream, the scenery was fantastic, is one of those rare wadis where you could see a Falaj passing by as well. The drive towards the wadi by itself was memorable, passing through valleys and villages and it could have been mesmerizing if it was not for the kids going on saying " ARE WE THERE YET" "ARE WE THERE YET" "ARE WE THERE YET" don’t you hate that.

And yes if you were wondering, who is the Gal on the picture, that’s me, sorry about the bushes hiding my face, but what can I say, after all it was Neo taking the photo, I told him to move closer but he wouldn’t listen, maybe next time I will get you guys a much clear one.

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