Oman is great. Very clean. Very accepting of others. A Muslim country, but quite secular. Arguably the first country in the world to officially recognize the United States back in the late 1700s. I saw a copy of the declaration in the US Embassy in Muscat.

Musrah Souq was once a somewhat chaotic, fascinating place, about a 20 minute ride from Muscat. In the past couple years it has been cleaned up, sanitized. The soul has gone out of it. There are a few very interesting shops left, but it ain’t what it used to be. But then, neither am I.