One Perfect Day in Muscat

Here is something I recently wrote for Genevieve at her website ‘The Wanderbug’ which has lots of information about travel in Australia and abroad. I highly recommend you pop over to her site and take a visit.

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Today’s guide to Oman comes from Australian communications expert, photographer & savvy traveller, Amy Feldtmann. You can read Amy’s take on the world around her and check out her photography at her website.

One of the friendliest countries I have ever visited, Oman has been listed on the New York Times ’52 places to go in 2015’. If I only had one day in its capital, Muscat, this is how I would spend it:

Morning

After a breakfast where I would indulge in the excellent hummus that would be on offer, I’d head to one of the most important and impressive locations in Muscat: the Grand Sultan Qaboos Mosque. It is only open to tourists for a few of hours, usually 8am to 11am, and you will need to be appropriately dressed (men should not wear shorts, and women needing to cover hair with scarf). Be sure to visit the Islamic…

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Tokyo time

Some photos taken during five days in Tokyo. More can be seen on Flickr.

 

Seated; Tsukiji Fish Market
Seated; Tsukiji Fish Market
Packed like; Tsukiji Fish Market
Packed like; Tsukiji Fish Market
Pink and red, Tsukiji Fish Market
Pink and red, Tsukiji Fish Market
Smile for the camera, Takeshita-dori, Harajuku
Smile for the camera, Takeshita-dori, Harajuku
A bride awaits her wedding, Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingū)
A bride awaits her wedding, Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingū)
Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingū), Tokyo, Japan
Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingū), Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Skytree (centre); Asahi Breweries headquarters building with the "Asahi Flame" by Philippe Starck.
Tokyo Skytree (centre); Asahi Breweries headquarters building with the “Asahi Flame” by Philippe Starck.
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
Reflection -- Happo-en garden.
Reflection — Happo-en garden.
Mt. Fuji in the distance -- view from Tokyo Tower
Mt. Fuji in the distance — view from Tokyo Tower

Launceston weekend

Photos from a weekend in Launceston in July this year; and a few of Evandale too. More on Flickr (see link below).

Stillwater windows
Stillwater restaurant windows
St Andrew's Church, Evandale
St Andrew’s Church, Evandale
Warhol was here
Warhol was here, Evandale Sunday Market
Peach and blue
Peach and blue
Boat building
Boat building
Crowns by kids
Crowns by kids, Queen Victoria Art Gallery
Mirror water
Mirror water
Cataract Gorge
Cataract Gorge
Launceston by night
Launceston by night

More photos can be seen on my Flickr page, and here is a post about a young Launceston lad selling lemons, to save the bears.