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We are pleased to announce the following:
Thursday 22nd November – TRIP to Adam (Trips are for members only)
0800 hours : Meet in car park of Bellapais Restaurant, near Sahwa/clock tower roundabout.
This trip suitable for all types of vehicles. Bring plenty of water.
Ros Piper will be coordinating this trip at this first stage – queries to GSM 92361890.
1000 hours : Reach Sinaw, take refreshments and rendezvous with Ali al Mahrouqi.
See Sinaw souq, followed by Ali leading members around the old Harah settlement.
Midday-1300 hours : En route Adam, stop for picnic lunch (bring your own).
1500 hours : Arrive at Guest house in Adam, or camping area
Please telephone Ali on 99358303 to reserve your room at the Guest house.
1600 hours : Traditional horse-racing and equestrian activities in Adam.
1830 hours : BBQ dinner provided by Ali. Cost RO3.000 per person
Note: Any member and/or friends may visit the horse-racing events independently at 1600 hours.
Friday 23rd November –
0630 hours : Camel racing/training
0730 hours : Breakfast at Guest house
0800 hours : Meet Ali al Mahrouqi for tour of Harah settlement
1030 hours : Drive back to Muscat
Monday 3rd December – LECTURE (all are welcome)
2000 hours : July 23rd 2007 saw the inauguration by His Highness Sayyid Haitham of a new museum in Salalah. The museum showcases the broad history of Oman, as well as its maritime heritage, through displays of archaeological artefacts, dioramas, videos and models.
Hassan Al-Jabri and Tom Vosmer, who were both pivotally involved in the creation of the museum, will present an illustrated lecture on the background of the museum project and an overview of what the public can expect to see and learn on a visit to the Museum of the Frankincense Land.
Venue: PDO Oil and Gas Exhibition Centre and Planetarium.
HAO Calendar 2008
Now available at various outlets, including the Family Bookshop, priced at RO1.000 each. However, at our meetings, members can buy 12 calendars for only RO10.000.
Make a note in your diary:
1. Monday 14th January – Lecture entitled “Changing Climates in Southern Arabia during the past 300 ka” by visiting Professor Albert Matter, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland.
2. Trips: Fanja (January); Nizwa & Bahla (February); Izki (March) and
the Jabal al Akdhar (April)
BOOKS – NOW AVAILABLE in the Family Bookshop:
“Sons of Sindbad” by Alan Villiers. Classic account of the Arabian dhow. Describes the crew, passengers and cargo, merchants and smugglers, and the people of the various ports from Aden, Mukalla, Zanzibar and the Rufiji delta to Matrah. First published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1940. Reprinted by Arabian Publishing in 2006. 404 pp. 50 b/w photographs. ISBN-10: 0-9544792-3-9 ISBN-13: 978-0-9544792-3-7
“Sons of Sindbad: The photographs” by Alan Villiers. A handsome new companion volume to the above. Both describe the voyage which Villiers took in 1938-39. Published in 2006 by National Maritime Museum London, in association with Arabian Publishing. Large format hardback. 164 b/w photographs, 12 maps etc. ISBN: 0-948065-73-7.
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