Costa Fortuna Postcard #5 Muscat (Oman)

Today we were in Muscat and we did get off. The temperature was given as 31 degrees as we were leaving the ship at 9:25 so we knew we were in for a hot one.
Our plan today was to make use of the local hoho, a company called Big Bus Muscat. Tickets were advertised at 20 Omani Rials per person for a 24 hour ticket and a full circuit took 2 hours with 10 stops at various locations around the city. However if you purchased your ticket via Costa for €38 it meant we could catch it directly outside the ship without getting the shuttle into Mutrah. For the sake of ease that is what we did and in the end pleased because it also meant we could get back to the ship quicker and into the pool to cool off as it did get very hot. Along the way we listened to a commentary of what the local landmarks were and I took many photos which I have attached a small selection of above and below.
As we left the ship we were given an Oman Tourist Entry Permit which we had to hand in on our return. Today we elected not to get off as the bus fulfilled our requirements which was to have a tour of the city. We are not really into Mosque’s or Suq’s so the bus tour pretty much ticked all our boxes.

Tomorrow is a sea day so I maybe quiet but I hope to be back the day after when we reach Salalah, Oman. I very much doubt we will get off here either there is little or nothing there we consider making the effort to see.

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