Traveling Around: Muscat, Oman (The life of an international school teacher is good!)

Traveling Around: Muscat, Oman

Can you relate?

• realizing that any local is willing to help you
• actually having a hard time finding local dates at a fruit market
• walking along the corniche in Mutrah and loving the palm tree mountain combo
• eating Omani cuisine at Bait Al Luban and loving it, but not so much the frankincense water
• amazed by all the gold jewelry in the souk and wondering to what events do people wear these pieces
• being thankful that getting from the airport to your hotel is very easy

• spending hours in LuLu Hypermarket
• enjoying the sunshine, blue skies and perfect temperatures
• watching locals play football on the beach
• having a variety of cool day trips available (desert, wadis, mountains)
• being offered coffee after making a purchase

• seeing the giant incense burner
• amazed by the grandness of the Grand Mosque
• wishing you had reservation for a show in the Royal Opera House

• eating amazing Lebanese food at Zahr El Laymoun Muscat and wishing it was an endless bowl of hummus
• wondering what kind of trees does frankincense grow on
• having a stranger pull you over on the side of the highway and ask if you need a guide somewhere

Currently, we have 11 international schools listed in Oman on International School Community. 7 of them have had comments submitted on them. Here are a few of those schools:

Al Batinah International School – 10 Comments
Al Sahwa Schools – 7 Comments
American British Academy – 34 Comments
American International School of Muscat – 34 Comments
Muscat International School – 6 Comments
United Private Schools – 7 Comments

If you are on a trip right now, away from your host country, write to us here with your “Can you relate?” traveling experiences.  Tell us where you are traveling in the world, what you are seeing and how you are coping with any culture shock.  Once your Traveling Around experience is posted on our blog, International School Community will give you 6 free months of premium membership!