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Shared Thoughts - Yeru Ebuen - yeru.ebuen@gmail.com - Today marks the official start of my column. It has taken over a year of consideration and finally, I’ve reckoned that February is just the...

One of the remarkable features of Bandar al Khayran is that it hides many small coves and beaches that if you’re looking for exclusivity, there is definitely a place for you. The greater Al Khayran...

For most travellers, they see Jebel Shams (Sun Mountain) as a collective — a place in Oman where one will find the Sultanate’s highest peak including the country’s scenic Grand Canyon. As long...

(With Titash Chakraborty) Deep into the heart of Jebel Akhdhar, farther beyond the known roads, is a spring called Ain al Hadhari. It’s a spring one would not have noticed if not for the small,...

Written with Titash Chakraborty   From the lush plains of Al Hamra, it’s hard to imagine why people would go through all the trouble and live in the seemingly barren mountains at the...

Mohammed and Said met us outside of a small coffee shop in the chilly 17-degree temperature. Both at about four feet ten inches, they have smiles on their faces when they greeted us, their heads were...

Omanis love their pasta ‘al dente’. One of the many things they share with Italians. This is the revelation of Italian Chef Luigi Ferraro, born in Cassano Allo Ionio, now a citizen of the world...

   YERU EBUEN Instagram: @yru_here It was our noisy laughs that pierced the silence. The echoes of it bouncing from mountain walls to caverns and canyons. There was no one else there except our...

The constant assault of flowing water thousands of years ago left in its path a canyon that has become a favourite to many hikers not only in Oman but in the region. Without the water pressure that...

The Sultanate has been eyeing tourism as a major contributor to its economic growth and evidence of this can be found not only in the number of new infrastructures being built but also in the...

   Yeru Ebuen - He stood at the edge of the canyon taking the scenery before him. He has always been out in the wilderness but yet, never tires of conquering the peaks. Today was no...

More than 200 kilometres away from Muscat is a wadi everyone has gotten familiar with. Wide, turquoise and blue pools, lush date plantations and an interesting topographical features that make it a...

The tour began with a short seminar. The group leaders standing in front giving out a brief back-ground of who they are and what they do. It was eight in the morning on a Sunday but many of the...

Compared to the loud booming noise of the Ayn Athum waterfall in Salalah during Khareef, the secret Al Hail waterfall in Wadi Al Arbeein is tamer. Its water is pleasantly cold even in the middle of...

[gallery link="file" columns="4" ids="333303,333302,333310,333317"] YERU EBUEN - For some reason, when one hears ‘poultry farm,” it automatically depicts a smelly, litter-ridden cave that...