Much of Oman is brown rock, dirt, and sand. So when you come across a lush, vibrantly colored green and blue oasis, it's rather mind-blowing. I had spent the morning and early afternoon on a journey to the Jaylah Beehive Tombs, up high in the Hajar Mountains: seven hours of drab, dry, dusty, rocky terrain; very sparse vegetal growth; and not another tourist in sight (yay!). Had it not been for the blue sky, I would have wondered if I was going color blind. Descending 1600 met
