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Muscat Confidential
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Day to day goings on in the small, safe and sleepy Indian Ocean country called the Sultanate of Oman, written by a rather cynical, and often crotchety, well-connected expat living in Muscat.
- Author: undercoverdragon
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Recent Posts
Trouble in Paradise. Bar Al Jissa resort villa purhasers unhappy with Oman\'s premier development.
Imagine you're in business. You have customers who are well educated, rich, mainly foreign, and who have just spent sums in the order of US$1.4 million each with you. Customers who should be providing you a steady source of solid follow-on money as y...
More on the Air Traffic Control meltdown. Near misses common events in Oman
Well, as the manhunt continues within the Ministry and Muscat ATC for the sources of Muscat Confidential's latest story on Oman's sorry state of Air Traffic Control, a few other people have also come forward with ... both 100% confirmation of what ha...
Flying Blind: Oman\'s Air Traffic Control system error
I fly a lot. So do many of you, I know.Perhaps you might be interested in a recent report I received over a beer from a good contact in the US Military, who is sometimes passing through here. His news was confirmed with a nod and a wink by my contact...
Interview with Dance Event promoter Bakh
Here's an interview with Bakh, one of the DJs who held their first VICE dance event last night. I am told around 70-80 people showed up - mostly in costume - and all seemed to have fun. As usual, too many guys and not enough girls, but this is Muscat...
CAYC Commodore summoned to the headmistresses\'office
It seems the Commodore of the Capital Area Yacht Club [a.k.a CAYC] has been summoned to the headmistresses' office, according to my sources.Her Excellency, The Minister of Tourism, has called for a 'very urgent' meeting with him, front and centre in ...
New fines for traffic offences so far just a rumour
There's an email going around that the ROP has apparently raised the fines for traffic offences. Finally, you might think.This obviously follows on from the speech HM made on road safety last week.However, while it seems a good idea, my sources tell ...
