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Look and remember. Look upon this sky;/ Look deep and deep into the sea-clean air,/ The unconfined, the terminus of prayer./ Speak now and speak into the hallowed dome./ What do you hear? What does the sky reply?/ The heavens are taken; this is not your home.
Karl J. Shapiro, Travelogue for Exiles

Although most of Musandam’s terrain remains inaccessible, your travels across it remain quite simple, because the bottom line is that there’s only one road to stay on. It starts off from Tibbat, across the border from Ras al Khaymah, and makes its way northwards to Khasab, along the west coast. Khasab is roughly the northernmost point of the mainland, and, after curving into the airport, the road then proceeds south through the middle of the peninsula. After Khasab’s airport it turns into a wide dirt track, almost like an off-road highway in places, at others clawing its way over mountain range.

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