it also sounds like the phrase for "what's that?" in arabic

Submitted by Vishal on Tue, 2004/12/21 - 9:21pm

Mahdah is a little bit of Oman you can reach from Dubai without crossing any borders (in fact, if you wanted to get here from Muscat, you'd need a permit to cross the UAE-Oman border at Hatta).

It's a pretty place; a bit flatter than what one is used to in Muscat, but compared to Dubai it's like another world. As someone who grew up in a landscape like the ones represented below, and then moved to a city where 'vertical elevation' meant a skyscraper and nothing else, it was like coming home. Not quite the spectacular scenery you find, say, on the way to Yitti via the long route from Rustaq, or even the river-beds at Nakhl or Wadi Hoquain, but still worth the trip.

Plus the day was gorgeous, partly cloudy, partly sunny, partly magical.



(note: click on the individual pics to see larger versions)

Comments

Vishal, the collage is

Submitted by Ravi on Wed, 2004/12/22 - 7:11am.

Vishal, the collage is drop-dead gorgeous! Super stuff, buddy! I've was able to see only a few pics, in expanded mode. It sure loads very slowly, even on a DSL line! Still, love the pics...envy your photography skills! Better still, will steal your camera, one of these days! :)

Wooooooooooah. Gosh those

Submitted by Spyder on Thu, 2004/12/23 - 1:54am.

Wooooooooooah. Gosh those are awesome. I love how the lighting on some of them makes them look like collage... the one of the far away mountain looks like a miniature.

Dude, these are soooo fantastic.

I don't think it was

Submitted by vishal on Thu, 2004/12/23 - 8:02pm.

I don't think it was possible to take a bad picture that day... half those pictures I wasn't even looking through the viewfinder.

These really are gorgeous,

Submitted by Okapi on Fri, 2005/01/14 - 5:10pm.

These really are gorgeous, I'd be very proud if they were my work. Beautiful.