Well - we have arrived safely in Muscat. The skies were clear as we came down the Gulf and Jean gave a running commentary as we passed over the various Gulf states which have memories for us as well, whether Dhahran in Saudi where I spent four hours in custody when I arrived at the airport because the Saudi oil company I was meeting had not lodged a visa - or Bahrein were Jean attended a weekend course with the Royal College of church music.
We arrived early and found the airport packed with people waiting to greet returning friends and the dual carriageway as we drove down to the hotel was packed - Thursday evening is the weekend here we remembered as we had a McDonalds at midnight.
We remembered when we first arrived nearly 25 years ago with huge excitement - the capital area was much quieter and much has changed but it is great to be back - the Omanis are as friendly as ever and we are gradually remembering some of our Arabic....
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