Muscat

This is the Corniche. We strolled along gently in the glorious sunshine and drank in the atmosphere.

We stopped to look at beautiful things for sale. I succumbed to two delicate paintings (I've blipped such treasures in the past and will certainly share them on a future occasion).

We ventured into the souk - and haggled - and sometimes bought, sometimes left with smiles all round. A gentle kind of bartering. Lovely people.

I certainly think I would love to return. We only arrived here at lunchtime (moored opposite the Sultan's yacht). We stay here overnight and will leave tomorrow late afternoon.

Tomorrow morning I'm going on an organised tour of Muscat. A wider range of places to see, including the Sultan Qaboos Mosque. Yes. A place that will call me back.