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Traditional dhow in Musandam with the tide out. This is a
port that smugglers use to send boats across the Straits of
Hormuz to Iran which is only a short distance away |
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This is a large fort along the Straits of Hormuz in the area of
Musandam. Many wars were fought in this region among
warlords and colonial powers. |
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This is an extremely large fort where a powerful tribal leader
projected power into the surrounding countryside. The
leader was called a Wali. So this is where he lived with
his family and supporters. |
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I am coming out of the main door into one of the Omani
fortresses. They had tiny little doors through which
people could come in and out. If you were not a friend,
then you would not survive going through the tiny little door as
there would be someone on the other side who guarded the door.
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Roadside mosque in Oman. The Omani government has gone to
great expense to build beautiful mosques around the country.
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