A small lookout tower: these towers of various sizes are quite common all over Northern Oman, a sign of previously troubled times.
Tag: Misfat Al Abreen
Mountain Village – Northern Oman.
That’s fodder for goats probably – not some form of wild headdress. 🙂
Another from Misfat Al Abryeen.
Diffused image (because I like the glow it seems to give) from Misfat, but further up the gorge seen on the Google maps link I provided.
Ho & another one of those places that has different spellings (Abreyeen, Abryeen, Abreen, Abriyyin)
Misfat al Abryeen.
Into a gorge at Misfat al Abryeen.
Bananas, pomegranates, papayas, mangoes, citrus trees and palm trees.
Detritus.
Detritus.
Old Steps – Misfat Al Abryeen.
Misfat Al Abryeen.
Basket Misfat Al Abreen.
Steps at Misfat Al Abreen.
This was a colour image taken with Nikon D800 50mm f1.8D lens
converted with ‘channel mixer’ in Photoshop.
Another Door at Misfat Al Abreen.
Nikon D800 50mm f1.8D lens.
Doors at Misfat al Abreen.
Nikon D800 50mm f1.8D lens.
lime – Misfat Al Abreen.
Nikon D800 – 50mm f1.8 D lens.
Misfat Al Abreen Village.
Nikon D800 50mm f1.8D lens.
Misfat Al Abreen.
Nikon D800 50mm f1.8 AF D lens.
Misfat Al Abreen is a traditional mountain village perched on the jebel above Al Hamra on the way to Jebel Shams. When I first visited in about 1986, it was very secluded and certainly didn’t get many, if any visitors from outside the local area.
It has now embraced tourism (all be it in a very limited way) as one can stay in a converted traditional village house. I think it was a case of ‘if you can’t beat them then join them’ which helps with the local economy.
There is an abundance of water which allows the growing of bananas, dates, mango, papaya and vegetables in spite of the dry vegetation elsewhere in the summer months.
Sorry: this is beginning to sound like a tourist guide, but it is such a lovely and welcoming village I needed to say more.
A project this winter is to spend time in the visitors house and take pictures……….
David A Lockwood 