Beach

Today we went to the beach...it was my first time so far in Oman.

Well, the day started with a breakfast at a crepe restaurant with Nura, Shamsa, and her fiance Adil. It was sooo nice. Just sitting there chatting over delicious crepes. Yummo.

I then changed and we went close to the marina in the historic part of town. There we met up with some Omanis that are friends of the AIESECers here. They took us to a small fishing village only 20 mins or so away from the historic town center. There were only a couple of houses, a mosque, and a marina. We took a small fishing boat that was only meant for probably a max of 7 people, yet there were probably 15 of us plus food and bags. The scenery was gorgeous! and then we arrived at the beach and it was a small nook surrounded by high cliffs and the bluest water you've ever seen. The sun was amazing and i'm really surprised that i was probably the only one that did not burn.

Anyways, there were two highlights for me.
1) The water was incredibly warm and I ended up swimming out to snorkel. The water was incredibly clear and the fish were cute. There was a small cave that I swam into...it was sooo cool. I really need to get a camera that is water proof. Also, I dove down and touched the bottom of the sea floor. I ended up really hurting my ears though. I guess it was all worth it in the end. Just incredibly beautiful.

2) Along with the typical group of AIESECers there were 4 others that came along. One of them was the fisherman guy that was in charge of the ghetto boat. Other than that was Hasan, a guy that works at HSBC and is a good friend of the organization, Hussein, Hasan's brother, and Chris, an American who has been working in Oman for the past year. Chris ended up being a really cool guy. He's in real estate development and has just started a 250 Million USD fund. He was just a really chill and nice guy. And then I also had a great chat with Hasan. I like being surrounded by nice yet also successful people.