You know sometimes every single aspect of a trip goes absolutely perfectly, great flights,
a superb hotel, delicious food, that's exactly what happened to us when we went to Muscat
in Oman, and this is a trip down memory lane, fancy joining us welcome to RogVLOG
we were travelling British Airways on a Boeing 787 and had used air miles to upgrade to business
class, or club as they call it, I've just been given my pre-flight drink of champagne
it was an early evening departure from Heathrow with a seven-hour flight through the night,
so we made the most of the flatbeds, and then
we arrived in Oman the following morning just as dawn was breaking,
welcome to Muscat in Oman and we're here at the Al Husn Resort and Spa
I love the architecture of the Al Husn as soon as I saw it
lots of Arabic arches and beautiful pastel colours,
it's crisp and cool in this lounge which is a welcome relief from the blazing heat
outside
unlike Dubai and Abu Dhabi which are quite flat, Oman has stunning scenery,
mountains rocky outcrops, in fact just over here we've got rocks that look like Sydney Opera House
right in the centre of the hotel is this magnificent courtyard leading straight down
to the most amazing view to the infinity pool and the beach and the sea beyond,
it's only 9 a.m and it's already 100 degrees out here in the sun that's about 35
centigrade for those of you who prefer centigrade, when it's as hot
as that there's only one thing to do let's get ourselves into that infinity pool
down by the pool every day we get one of these local ice-cooling boxes and inside
plenty of water to keep us cool and the best thing of all,
ah, refreshing face spray,
say hello to my little friend, these colourful goats are all around the resort,
they're part of the Muscat art festival, it reminds me of a similar exercise
that took place in Edinburgh a few years ago only that was with cows,
and this goat behind me has got a serious case of sunburn,
we have a beautiful big bright spacious room, and in fact, this is actually a bog-standard room,
over here we have a window opening onto the swimming pool, so what do we think
of the Al Husn then, it's hot, what have we been doing since we've been here, chilling,
every day we walk down to the beach bar which is called Muharra
for lunch, they do fabulous barbecue food, it's amazing
we went here for lunch pretty much every day, superb location
and great simple food, oh just listen to that sizzle
after lunch, we're going down to the beach
oh I do love a swimming pool but you cannot beat the ocean,
now we're off to the souk, to spend some money, to spend some money
so this is the city of Muscat,
here we are inside the souk, and the smells of the spices and the frankincense burning, amazing
if you want to learn how to become an amazing salesman,
you just learn how to do it here, they just sold us,
shawls, cashmere, Louis Vuitton, was it, do you reckon it really was Louis Vuitton, probably not,
as the sun sets in the early evening we're heading back to the courtyard
where they serve free drinks,
sometimes I have a traditional band playing tonight, we have a cellist and a violin player,
they really are very good they've just done a great version of Mamma Mia by Abba,
now I wonder whether they'll play Thunderstruck by ACDC for me,
where are we going today, yeah there's a lazy river nearby,
but so far in the holiday, we've been too lazy to walk to it,
don't forget it's still 100 degrees Fahrenheit, 35 degrees centigrade
it's taking Mrs E little while to catch up,
in the evening you're spoilt for choice for food options, if you want gourmet fine dining,
try Shahrazad, or the Sultana restaurant, however, there's also
a buffet with types of food from all over the world to choose from, and after dinner
wander along to the piano bar, have a G&T and just listen to the girl singing and playing,
oh we've had a fabulous week here at the Al Husn Resort and Spa,
I'm going to go out on a limb here, a combination of the beautiful location,
the amazing restaurants, the facilities the amazing staff,
puts the Al Husn Resort and Spa up there with the best hotels I've ever stayed in, well there
you have it some fabulous memories of the Al Husn Resort in Oman, we really can't wait to get back
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