Leaving Mussandam today -back tothe desert

Sad to leave this beautiful northern province but more adventure awaits us!  Back to Muscat today and then on to Wadi Shab -another camping adventure!  Yesterday we toured the tallest mountain in Mussandam in a four wheel drive - I had to sit on the inside for obvious reasons to anyone who knows me!!!  600 year old stone hut with huge pottery inside - it was built around the pottery!!!  Smell inside was the strangest, sweetest odor I had ever smelled, once my eyes adjusted to the light I realized  I wasn't alone - no not a Bedouin but a dead goat!

...that is one big rock

look up...

We drove straight up , no actually switch-backed up, for breathtaking views of the fjords and the surrounding countryside - at the very top was a military radar installation.  Along the way are caves in the rocks - distinguishable  for good reason - when the fishermen had to leave their families for long periods, they would hide their wives and children there, safe from marauding pirates!!!  Impossible to imagine how they even got to the caves, they look impossible!
Gotta run, going to the airport now.  Love to everyone!