I am perplexed by the toilet bowl brush in the picture of the toilet area. Was the hose for personal washing? If you come to Pennsylvania, we have an extra bedroom/bathroom. I am used to your style of travelling but I do remember some tense evenings in foreign countries when it was getting dark and...

how did you find these places? The short answer to your question Shoe, is that I do a lot of homework A longer explanation here: When we are travelling to a new country, I use many hours investigating to find out what it’s worth seeing in the country. Read articles, perhaps books, ask others, look ...

Actually, Linne, the saying is that "it's the straw that broke the camel's BACK." Meaning the same thing as your cup quote: you can hold up for just so long, when one tiny thing is just too much. Keep these reports coming! Just loving them. You're a brave lady :) Thank you for the explana...

Our next destination was the highest mountain in Oman, Jebel Shams, and on our way we were going to see other sights among them the old town Nizva. The last years there had been built many new roads in Oman, and many of the roads were very good. The only thing they missed was enough road signs. So a...

Some of you have said that it’s fine with long trip reports and a lot of pictures. So now you get it! WAHIBA SANDS After Turtle Beach we drove away from the coast to our next destination, the desert named Wahiba Sands. We had an agreement with one from Nomadic Desert Camp, who should pick us up in a...

Although we almost daily hear about terrorism, I will never be able to comprehend
that someone can be so consumed by a belief or a religion that they are willing to kill innocent people for it.

I feel for all the people, who is hit and hope that the guilty will be found very soon


Linne

Your English is excellent too I was wondering in the one picture at the mosque, are those faucets for washing feet ? I see that you have to remove your shoes; forgive me if I'm guessing incorrectly. Thank you for the compliment about my English, but I have to admit that it take a long time for me t...

TURTLE BEACH RESORT On a certain beach the green turtles regularly come ashore and lay their eggs at night. I hoped that we would be able to have the experience to see it and have rented a hut in a resort very near the place. According to the resort it also should be possible to see coral reefs wit...

The next day we started on our big roundtrip, where we have planned to see a lot of attractions. We didn’t succeed in finding them all, because it wasn’t easy to find the way- not many signs and only a few people were able to speak English or German. We were going south driving along the coast, and ...

When the car was delivered, we went out to see the famous mosque in Muscat. It’s one of the biggest in the world and very luxuriously furnished. It was allowed for everybody to come in, but you should go on a blue runner rolled out at visiting hours. Of course you also need to be properly dressed, w...

OMAN We landed in Muscat in Oman in the morning, and I had made plans for several things, we should do during the day, among that have our first snorkel trip, since we visited USVI. We had really been looking forward to that. But sometimes you have to change a plan, and the day began rather disappo...

thanks for the report hope your back is better. If was a hard winter over here to, In our midwest yesterday 60cm of snow. Let hope for a warm summer in Spain this year :D Thank you for your wish, and yes my back is better, but I'm not totally cured. We also had snow yesterday, not much, and it shou...

Better late than newer! For about a year ago we had an exiting trip to Dubai and Oman, and it was my intention to write a Trip report, when we returned home. But you know how it is, one day goes with other activities and the nest day too etc. But it’s too long time since I have practiced my English,...

Many cruel things in the world are happening, and there is a crisis in many places. I hope and wish that in spite of that everyone here at VIOL will have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. My own Christmas spirit began to appear on a snowy, stormy day, when we sat warm indoor in ...

Nice with a laugh when you are a little Christmas stressed.

Linne