Mango Bomba, the most ghetto boat I’ve ever sailed in. We took this traditional vessel for a trip between the islands for snorkeling and a private lunch. There was no sailing and a storm but a day on the water is better than one in the office.
We forgot to bring pool toys for our stay in Zanzibar so the boys improvised pool with bottle caps.
For the last few years the Off Road Adventure Club (ORAC) has done an extreme Wahiba Challenge along the same route. Tone, Amy, John and I headed to the empty quarter to scout an alternate route. The drive was long, the wind howled most of the time and dunes were epic tall!
Our last stop in Europe this time was Budapest. It is beautiful city full of monuments and grandiose structures. The street food was amazing too.
For group shots I set the camera to take a picture every second, after we get the group picture this chaos ensues… So far the camera hasn’t been knocked off a cliff or something.
Snow is cold.
The Ankel’s headed to central Europe for a Christmas vacation. Our first stop was Krakow and this is the only picture of all of us there.
My second challenge and first as a team leader and driver. I took Leah’s JK because my TJ was in the shop with a blown transmission. I picked it up the day after the challenge almost as good as new… more to come on that.
After a short wadi walk, wade and some swimming you get to the cave behind us. Depending on water level sometimes getting in the cave requires going underwater but this time we just swam in. Wadi Shab is about 2 hours from the house and in the 3 years we have lived in Oman, we…
When we come to a busy town we often end up just wandering around finding things to do and see. This has resulted in some really great experiences but it is also nice to have a bit of a guided route so that you can hit the highlights and maybe avoid some of the rougher…
