During Eid Holidays, we went to Misfat Al Abriyeen. It is a must watch place in the Sultanate of Oman. When we reached the city Al Hamrah, we all were really fascinated by the beauty of the old style buildings.
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| A scene from the city Al Hamra |
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| A street in Al Hamra |
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| Mind catching scene... |
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| Can't resist clicking my camera... |
Fascinated by these scenes, we continued our journey to Misfah, one of the oldest villages in Oman. A mountain village with plenty of palm trees - just amazing.
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| On the way to Misfah... |
We parked our car and had a walk around the place. We found an information board of Oman Tourism regarding the historical importance of the village. Now the villagers are enjoying modern facilities of roads, electricity and telecommunication. Even then they give special interest in preserving the valuable culture they inherited.
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| Seems like in wonderland... |
We heard the sound of a traditional Omani drum. We walked towards that direction and reached in front of the entrance of a multistoried builiding.
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| Entrance... |
We thought that it is a building. But when entered, we understood that we are in a narrow street with stones laid on the floor and houses on both sides of the street. Those buildings are built using stones, baked bricks, mud bricks, palm trees, mangrove poles and lime. Lime is mainly used for plaster and mortar.
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| Narrow street |
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| Palm trees are used in roofing and to give support for the structure |
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| This was the source of the Omani Drum's sound |
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| A scene from the pathway... |
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| The closed main entrance of an unused house. |
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| Some houses are occupied. |
'Jahla' are the traditional pots in which drinking water is kept. Jahla can also be seen hanging from windows of traditional houses.
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| 'Jahla' hanging from the window of a traditional house.. |
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| Remnants of an old house... |
Finally we reached the plantation area where banana and lemon trees are also planted besides the palm trees.
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| A scene from the garden |
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| Looking back.... |
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Another scene from the garden
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| Raw dates |
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| Ripe dates |
Falaj is Oman's unique water channel system which collects water from the water source and distribute it for domestic and irrigation purpose.
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| Falaj... Refreshing cool water from the mountains |
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| It is so dense... |
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| Kids are enjoying... |
Our kids don't want to come out of the place. But we have to go back home. Finally we started our journey back to Muscat by evening. This trip will surely be a pleasant memory in our life....
