Oman - Jabal Al Akdhar (Green Mountain)

Hello,

These pictures are from a two day trip to Jabal Al Akhdar.. Apparently, it's the highest mountain range in the gulf region; it would be nice to tell you how high, but all I can say is really high (Ok about 10,000 feet above sea level) It's in the Addakhiliya (Interior) region of Oman. There's a city at the top of the mountain range, on the plateau.. Apparently, in the old days they used to transport goods up there by helicopter.. now there's a paved road.. but they only let you ascend if you have a 4 wheel drive..

So here we are on the way... I was travelling with my cousins and their kiddos..





danger signs!



a small village in the moutain chain.. observe the terrace farming..





Here's another village.. this one is abandoned, however..we went down to get a closer look..





Crazy locals.. .....yes they are related to me



when u have to go .. u have to go...



i think the roof was about to collapse..



my cousin faizah and i



my cousin rifat.. i dont know how he got up there!



this is an old irrigation system in the village..





Rayhanah and I climbed up through these ruins..it was fun!



an old abandoned house..





i think this was the majlis room..





it took a while for me to choriograph (spelling?) this shot.. rayhanah was being difficult!



Farhana with the kids.. young climbers





an artist at work..





a fossil!!



night time..





for u mountain holics..





my cousin rifat gave me many lessons on rock formation .. pretty interesting stuff





the hotel we stayed in......it was pretty nice..



she reminded me of mikey mouse for some reason..



the serious baby..



munchkins