Kasia Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Dear TFF, This year I have visited Oman, which is a nice and super hot country, with spectacular mountains and wadis. The first place that will be of interest to this forum was the Bimmah Sink Hole, which is said to have the underground connection via caves with the nearby sea. There are hundreds of wadis all over the country – and in the part of the country we visited, they are basically the only places with some greenery, as otherwise the country looks like this: or like this: The first place where one can spot fossils was the Al Hajar Mountains range and more precisely the Jebel Akhdar (the Green Mountain). It’s covered with huge stones with fossilised corals: The next beautiful place was Jebel Shams, which is also called the Grand Canyon of Oman: We first browsed the rocks close to our camp on the top of the mountain and one can find some fossilised rudists there. The next day we went to the bottom of the canyon – Of course you can drive the car only up to a certain point – and afterwards you need to walk. On the way we spotted several huge stones with fossils, and a few small ones, already very smooth because of the water. In one of the villages we came across a few stalls where locals were selling fossils – The next day we were supposed to visit the Al Hoota cave – I booked tickets online yet in July. As we were a bit ahead of schedule, our local guide called the cave to find out, if we can come a bit earlier than the booked time – and (surprise, surprise) he was told that the cave is closed for the reason of heavy rains in August. No one from the cave has bothered to mail me or text me with this info or to refund the cost of tickets to my account for more than a month – and it turned out the company operating the cave cannot transfer the money back to a foreign account – so we needed to go there anyway to get the refund in cash. There is always a silver lining – a cave has little geological museum before the entrance, so while they were processing the refund, I went to see it. Here are the specimens on display: Further on we went to Wadi Bani Awf, where we stopped on the road to help a Spanish couple park their sedan somewhere safe (they ventured on this type of road with a small FWD Suzuki sedan and when they realised it’s completely out of question that they could continue, they tried to go back, but got stuck) and to call the police to come and tow them out in the meantime I browsed the rocks on the side of the road - and they were full of such stuff - whatever this may be: The wadi is beautiful You can see the road we took and it’s the place where the famous Snake Canyon is Its name comes from its shape We had some fun on the bottom of the wadi – and gave our car a little wash a few times The last wadi we visited was Al-Khod with Eocene and (I think Miocene) rocks, full of nummulites and foraminiferas. I hope you enjoyed the report 1 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Indeed I did. Thank you! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Nice report. Thanks for sharing 1 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.cheese Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 I enjoyed that, thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 A great report with fantastic photo's. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Taking us on a fossil hunt to a place I may never see. Thank you. 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Rock Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 BEAUTIFUL photos and a very interesting report! THANK YOU! Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Oman! How exotic. Thanks for the tour and for taking us along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Thanks for sharing. You sure do manage to visit some nice places. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Thanks for this! It is certainly a country many of us may never see in person, so it is nice to do a vicarious visit courtesy of your excellent and exciting report! 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Great trip ! Thanks for sharing. Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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