madruj

But there was no motive power in experience. It was as little of an active cause as conscience itself. All that it really demonstrated was that our future would be the same as our past, and that the sin that we had done once, and with loathing, we would do many times, and with joy.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Head up from Wadi Sahtan above Hail and Madruj is at the end of the right-hand fork, Hob on the left. Madruj roughly translates into 'steps,' from its topography and terraced gardens, now in decline. Like Hob, it is also at the end of its road, back to the vertical slopes, with nowhere to go but down - unless you're prepared for the agonising walk up. Follow the falaj instead, its now-concrete channel beginning at a spring in the mountains an hour's walk away.

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