Around Al Hamra, Oman, July 2014

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OK, so here's the last of my Oman explores. To finish off it's….more crumbling buildings! Feel really privileged to have been able to do some exploring in Oman.

The last set of photos are from the Al Hamra area, in land some 200km from Muscat. The village of Al Hamra has many abandoned buildings but sadly as fate would have it didn't get time to do an explore at the centre of the town. I did manage to explore a big abandoned house on the edge of the town which I posted as my first report on Oman. See here:

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Anyhow, these sites are in and around Al Hamra. Old doorway of a crumbling house in Bahla:

15824496482_a3485fec2d_b.jpgimg7500 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Slowly returning to dust:

15822928815_b2e88ca621_b.jpgimg7501 by HughieDW, on Flickr


..amongst the palm trees:

15824152882_0e8b81bd65_b.jpgimg7497 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Interior shot of a watch tower that looks over Al Hamra:

15824443862_8e7e55c2e1_b.jpgimg7752 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Up on the plateau above Al Hamra is Misfah Al Abreen. There are many abandoned houses:

15637695417_34c7c9d4bf_b.jpgimg7766 by HughieDW, on Flickr


…but this one here particulalry took my eye:

15203205293_1ac7bd9d65_b.jpgimg7787 by HughieDW, on Flickr



15637739147_a4fb26d0d9_b.jpgimg7790 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Especially the interior décor!

15637422858_5929ace129_b.jpgimg7783 by HughieDW, on Flickr


…and the lovely carved door:

15820924581_6aa0ddfa3e_b.jpgimg7785 by HughieDW, on Flickr


15824336092_fa1227becd_b.jpgimg7786 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Next it was on to a place the other side of Al Hamra called Bilad Sayt. Here there was a real concentration of abandoned houses:

15636933729_b7c40c9c07_b.jpgimg3418 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Some of the archways over the road didn't look too safe:

15824287992_1ab72ea82f_b.jpgimg3410 by HughieDW, on Flickr


15799062546_38e5ca3844_b.jpgimg3411 by HughieDW, on Flickr


15822711495_9af4d23879_b.jpgimg3413 by HughieDW, on Flickr


15822697195_c058842f68_b.jpgimg3414 by HughieDW, on Flickr


15799023626_1c0cc33308_b.jpgimg3416 by HughieDW, on Flickr


15824217692_0c718a6b74_b.jpgimg3412 by HughieDW, on Flickr


Finally we drove past the abandoned village at Wadi Ghul. It's a real scramble to get up to the old stone-built town and I now regret not doing that one.

15799335296_57281f5f7e_b.jpgimg5057 by HughieDW, on Flickr


15203543153_a20ccedf5a_b.jpgimg5046 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
Amazing, How do they set out the arches so perfectly in mud?!

I too have enjoyed all of these. I'm fascinated by how well things 'weather' in such a climate. I visited an abandonded city in the desert just near the Sudan / Egypt border which was just like this (report coming soon) but have visited a village in the Arctic Circle only 30 years old, that was concrete framed, and is now bearly recognisable as walls!

Fascinating, thanks for sharing the whole set with us :)
 
Amazing, How do they set out the arches so perfectly in mud?!

I too have enjoyed all of these. I'm fascinated by how well things 'weather' in such a climate. I visited an abandonded city in the desert just near the Sudan / Egypt border which was just like this (report coming soon) but have visited a village in the Arctic Circle only 30 years old, that was concrete framed, and is now bearly recognisable as walls!

Fascinating, thanks for sharing the whole set with us :)

Cheers UrbanX! Yes, it does make you realise how key weather is. The cold and the rain in the UK does speed up the process of decay. Looking forward to the Sudan/Egypt border town report.
 
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