Échappées belles S02E20 Oman
A nice excursion of Sophie from a mountain near the sea (her guide Quais Abdulaziz, the panorama of the Djebel Akhdar-the Green Mountain-) to Mascate (the visit of the Qabouss Grand Mosque with Emilie, the women's room and the main hall with the 6 tons chandelier and the the visit of the souks-bazaar- also with Emilie, the scarfs,the hats and the silver items) passing by Nizwa (the cattle market-the camels, and the goats-, the Bedouins women are good traders, the market every Friday), by the camp near Bidiyah (Hamad Said, the camp manager, the camel ride, the quietness of the desert, the delicacy of the sand, the evening with traditional dances), by the Oasis of Wadi Shab (the walk in the wadi, the natural swimming pools,the canoeing, the climbing of the cliffs or the hiking) an by Soûr- the city of the fishermen and the shipyards- (the dhows made with teak wood, the drinking of tea in a cafe, the female tourists can drink tea at the terrace without any problem). Besides we see zooms about the frankincense in Oman (Salalah, the trade,the harvest in the Dhofar, the use of the frankincense) , about the after petrol era (the diversification of the economy, the promotion of the tourism, the tour operator), the cattle breeders ( the camels for the camel races, the purebred Arab horses for the horses races and the bull fights at the arena of Barka) and about the Bedouin people in Oman (the fishermen of Mirbât, the tribe chief in his new village, Saïd Al Mri and his traditional Bedouin camp).
