Muscat trip

Me and hubby went to Oman during the weekend..actually 3 days lang naman..(fyi, weekend here is friday/saturday)..we left on a Wednesday afternoon....after work...as in he picked me up from office (with all our things na in the car) and we went straight to Lahbab road. It was just a straight road to the hatta border. It was 4.5 hours drive, including our short breaks...when we were still in Dubai, we drove at 130 to 140kph, but after the border na, limit is 100 na lang and near Muscat is 120...so of course, allowed mag-exceed ng 10 to 15kph...grabe, daming camera/radar sa Oman...i guess every 2 kms ata yun (guess lang ha, kase di ako marunong sa mga distance hehehe). Nakakapagod umupo hehe...driving wise, ok lang kase me cruise-control naman hehehe.

Most of you may be wondering why Oman? after the cyclone Gonu just a week before our trip??...well, we had it planned kase about a month before pa.. we wanted to visit Derrick's relatives there. Since sabi nila eh ok naman ang road na and me electricity/water na...so no problem daw pumunta...

Oman is nice...very quiet...greener than dubai....but when you reach Muscat, maraming mountains/hills or whatever you can call it...btw, for those of you who doesnt know..mostly bato ang mountains d2 hehe...not like our mountains in pinas na green at maraming trees....parang grand canyon ang dating dito hehe

Hubby's aunt and uncle are veryyy hospitable and nice...I was pampered nga eh..sa food, etc etc... kala ko pinoy lang ang ganun hehehe...his uncle even prepared some pork roast for me...of course non-spicy...and in the morning, i have my breakfast ready na, with matching tea hehe,.

What a small world nga pala coz we met Mheng there...she happened to be an officemate of Aunt Lucy's bestfriend...Ive met some of derrick's relatives who are residing there as well...we drove around the city..in some area, grabeh ang nangyari sa kanila coz of the cyclone..me area dun na binaha..as in washed out mga gamit nila sa bahay...ang mga cars, nagpatong-patong...mga inanod na cars and gamit, some roads were destroyed, at ung isang prime area dun na maraming restaurants, shops..ay sira talaga...i even saw this Mcdonalds outlet na washed out. Well sabi nila, mostly heavy rains kase that time and some wind...worst...ung waters na naiipon sa mountain eh nagca-cause ng flashflood...or they call it "Wadi" here...imagine mo yun...sa sobrang dami ng mountain dun...ayun...wawa mga tao. Grabe ang casualties sa ibang area...fortunately sa area ng Auntie ni Derrick, ok naman...Hayyy..sana di mangyari toh sa Dubai..im sure magbabaha d2 coz walang drainage system d2....Hayyy!

Overall, i enjoyed the trip...kahit na di kame nakapaglibot gaano...i had a good rest talaga...life/time there is kinda slow unlike Dubai na ang bilis ng oras...marerelax ka dun and tahimik...walang traffic (as far as i know) and hindi gaano ka populated... Well it was a long 3 days for me and im very thankful for them kase they really took care of me.