2D1N Off-road Musadam: Jabel as Sayh (Part 1)

Date: 22 May 2009

We went to Mussadam on Friday
After 3 hours drive we reached Oman Checkpoint
Not crowded this time, maybe we were there early
and we got our passport stamped within 15 minutes.

Mountain view at Ras Al Khaimah
Fisherman at Mussadam

Road take you to downtown Khasab
Had our breakfast at Musandum Restaurant
Delicious food at reasonable price
After that, headed into the wadi & mountains
The road to the wadi & mountains
Up the mountain, passed through scattered
mountain settlements and offers glimpses of a unique
and tought way of life that was able to endure against
the promises of modern life
Road to Jabel as Sayh
Paronamic view of the road & mountain (click to enlarge)
Scenic Impression (click to enlarge)
Villages at the mountain
Spits of land that used to be tended during the wet
winter months are now left untilled
At Sayh Plateau with 1200m above sea level

Spectacular views of As Sayh Plateau
which is just 2km long and 500m wide
Lush in the winter and brown by May
the farmers here tend fields of wheat
and alfalfa and farm sheep, goats and palm groves
Small settlements & houses built into the rock

to be continue...