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27. Halong Bay

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Halong Bay, one of Vietnam's biggest tourist attractions, didn't disappoint, partly thanks to our rather comfortable arrangements.
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Sur to Salalah: the Coastal Road continued

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The Coastal Road from Ad Duqm to Salalah passes through much less inhabited country, safe the occasional fishing village and camel herd.
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Sur to Salalah: the Coastal Road

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The first half of the Coastal Road from Sur to Salalah passes through Mahout, the extensive dune fields of the Wahiba Sands, and Ad Duqm, the mother of all infrastructure projects. A bad storm limited not only our visibility, but also our options.
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The Sharqiyah

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The Sharqiyah is the eastern-most province of Oman, where the old trading towns Ibra and Sur are located.
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Muscat

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Oman's capital Muscat is a pretty humble city, a series of characteristic coastal villages
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Outside Doha

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And the rest of the country? Plain desert? Mostly, but that doesn’t mean that there is nothing to see. Having a long-standing interest in all matters rock-art, I had to see the petroglyphs of Jebel Jassassiyeh. These rather mysterious rock carvings have not been conclusively dated, neither have they been well-described, it seems. Apparently, there [...]
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Berestagi to Bukittinggi (3)

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Entering Minangkabau country on the way to the hill resort of Bukittinggi, also stopping in the steep Harau Canyon, the traditional village of Sumgayang, and the spectacular Danau Minajau crater lake, before descending to Padang on the coast
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Berestagi to Bukittinggi (2)

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Via the village of Dokan and a Batak palace to Samosir in Lake Toba, with its stone sculptures and sarcophagi, and then on to the market of Balige and the fishing communities of Sibolga
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Padang

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Large coastal town with little to do on a Sunday, except beach front and market entertainment
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Sibolga

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Fishing village and ferry port on the Westcoast of Sumatra, with several amazing communities built on stilts
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