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Favorite thing: Via Al Ain, cross Mezyad border, drive to Ibri and at Ibri take the right road to Salalah This road byepasses Nizwa and joins somehwere in between the Adam~Hayma route which leads to Thumrayt and then to Salalah.
Fondest memory: Yet to visit Salalah...!!
Written Aug 23, 2011
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Favorite thing: The lush plantations of coconut palms, bananas and papayas give Salalah's coastal strip a tropical appearance, which sets it apart from the rest of the Middle East. This is definitely one of my favourite things about the place.
Updated Feb 3, 2009
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Favorite thing: Salalah's fruit stalls are famous in Oman. They line the roadsides in the coastal strip, especially Sultan Qaboos Street in the Dahariz district. They sell the produce of the plantations, i.e. coconuts, bananas and papayas. The stallholders will cut open coconuts so you can drink the fresh juice with a straw.
The fruit is very cheap, for example, a kilo of bananas costs from OR 0.2 to OR 0.3.
Updated Feb 3, 2009
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Favorite thing: During the khareef (monsoon season) all accommodation in Salalah is heavily booked, so you will need to organize your stay well in advance to be sure you get a room. Prices during this time of the year a considerable amount higher and the city is buzzing with foreign and local holiday makers. You can camp near Salalah and you also rent or buy camping gear in the city center.
Written Jun 19, 2006
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Favorite thing: The local currency is called the Omani Rial, which is often seen written as RO or OR. It is divided into 1000 baiza (bz). Notes come in the following sizes:
100bz; 200bz; 250bz (1/4 rial); RO 1/2; RO 1; RO 5; RO 10; RO 20; RO 50
Coins: 5bz; 10bz; 25bz; 50bz
Cash is the preferred method of payment, but most of the large shops will take major credit cards. Personal cheques are rarely accepted. Currency can be exchanged in the hotels, banks and exchange houses. Take your passport for ID purposes when exchanging money or cashing Traveller's Cheques.
Most of the banks have Automated Teller Machines (ATM) which will accept cards such as VISA, American Express, MasterCard, Cirrus and Global Access.
Banks are open from 8.00am to 12.00pm, Saturday to Wednesday, and 8.00am to 11.30am on Thursday. Transfers of money are easy to arrange as the Omani Rial is freely convertible and there are no controls governing its exchange.
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Written Jul 19, 2003
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Favorite thing: Salalah has a real tropical feel. There are banana and coconut plantatins with camels wandering through them - sometimes having a wee nap in the shade.
Fondest memory: There are roadside fruit stalls located by the plantatins between town and the souks.
You can buy all kinds of fruit: fresh coconuts, bananas, mangoes, citrus fruit and other fruits.
Written Jul 5, 2003
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Favorite thing: We found it so depressing that one of our friends quipped. "You can translate Salalah as "Don't get off the ship.' "
Written Oct 25, 2002
Favorite thing: But there is really nothing that you would want to purchase here.
Written Oct 25, 2002
Favorite thing: We found Salalah to be a very depressing place.
Written Oct 25, 2002
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Salalah is Oman's second city. It probably has the most favoured location of any city in the Arabian Peninsula, fronted as it is by palm-fringed, white, sandy beaches, with the green Dhofar Mountains...
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We took a short trip to Salalah, Oman in September 2007 during the Khareef (Monsoon) season, when the days are very rainy and misty. We stayed at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and visited Jobs Tomb, Salalah...
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it took 8 hours driving from muscat to salalah. The highway is clear ( although single lane) and there is little or no traffic. You can drive at speeds upto 180km/hr after crossing nizwa ( there are...
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