Another
early morning, spent it doing school work till it was time to meet some
Canadian friends for a trip to the beach in Yiti, which is about 45 minutes
away. Lovely hot day, the sand was so hot we could not walk on it and the sand
going in our sandals was burning our feet. Yiti was slated for a big resort development
and work was started but the recession killed the project. So the ground work
is there ready for a resort, stone work and the waterfront area already to
start building but no structures, just a neat waterfront. We drove as close to
the beach as possible and set out food in a cave to keep it cool and went in
the water. Not long after we saw a herd of goats making their way down the mountain,
following their nose to our food. Had to
scramble out of the water, retrieve our food and put it on the beach where we
could watch it. Then we had to move it several more times as the tide came in.
The beach is
beautiful and the water so wonderful. Clean, clear and in some places like a
hot bathtub. We stayed in the water a long time and after a picnic lunch made
our way back home a bit toasted. When I got back to my car it was so hot I couldn't touch the steering wheel or the stick shift or any other part. Had to put on the AC and wait till it cooled off.....and that is in 33C, wait till it gets even hotter. This heat would kill Archie.
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| The cave where we first put our food |
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| Yiti beach, Oman |
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| beautiful water and sand going way out |
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| Such warm water, no 'gasp' when you go in |
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| Yiti Beach, Oman |
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| Yiti beach, Oman |
