Oman
Oman stayed with me as the quiet surprise of the Middle East. I arrived knowing embarrassingly little and left remembering a country that revealed itself gently: through hospitality, heat, markets, mountains, rain, silence and the kind of small kindnesses that make you realise you have been paying attention without meaning to.
Fat drops of rain fall outside of my tent and after a few days in Oman, the Omani love of picnics in the rain makes complete sense. We've just gone through a five hour drive from Muscat to The View, one of the most spectacular camp sites on top of Oman's mountains. Dear Reader, I know that camping and I are not exactly friends but this is not your usual camping. There are seven tents and The View, aptly named but a little misty on arrival is a luxury campsite 1,400 metres up where you don't need to set up a tent or bed.
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