Al Jabal Al Akdhar (which means the green mountain) is a good place if you like history. There are some ruins from old villages. Also, there are some sings left of the civil war that was ended in 1959. That war was between interior of Oman leaded by Imam (religious group) and sultan (president) Said bin Taimur and his British allies.
This trip was planned to be via CouchSurfing. The total participants of the trip was 11. Trip route started from Sahwa Roundabout (The clock roundabout). The regular meeting point in most of CS trip has planned is Sahwa Gardens Entrance; the one facing Nizwa road. Trip started at 11:15am and arrived desert around 3pm. Since documenting the trip late after 3 weeks from the trip, will write some advices:
Decided to start documenting trips starting from November 2016. Might add some older trips as well, but will focus in the future trips.
Went to Wadi shab (Wadi = vale) in the time of filming “Little secrets of Oman” with iFly. Started the journey from Al Khuwair area and it took around 01:40 (hh:mm) – distance 160KM.
This location is known as “Sinkhole” or “Bimmah Sinkhole”, but the official name is “Hawiyat Najim” Park. The meaning of the name is “A Fall of Star”. There are several stories about it, one of them is that in the past a star fell down and made that hole.
