Friday Morning at the Shangri-La in Muscat

Well - it's even hotter here than Saudi - at least more humid. 105 F, at 11am. I had trouble taking pictures from the balcony because the camera lens would not un-fog!!

I flew from Saudi to Bahrain to Oman last night - about three hours of flying.



The Sultanate of Oman, right next door to UAE and Saudi Arabia, is very clean, pretty and easy to get into. No paperwork at all at customs. Just pay 6 Omanian Riyals fee ( $20USD or 70 AED - which I am using) and get a passport stamp. One of the customs guy said "your passport looks used, with lots of stamps in it - you aren't like most Americans!" I said yep, most Americans dont even have passports!!!

I need to do a bit of work today - internet access seems to be good - then will scuba dive for a couple of days. I'll also visit a company here, Oman Air, and talk to their internal audit group.