Day 2 in Salalah

Our second day in Salalah was very interesting because there were so many places that we need to explore. We woke up early and by 7.30a.m we have gone out for our breakfast. Luckily the coffee shop are opened so senang nak cari makan. After that we started with our first visit that is to Nabi Imran's graveyard. It is located at the city centre on An Nahdah Street. Nabi Imran was the father of Mariam who gave birth to Nabi Isa a.s. The longest graveyard that we have ever seen. Spent about 20 minutes there, then we moved upwards about 500 m to the footprints of Nabi Saleh's camel. The fourteen footprints of Nabi Saleh's sacred camel, as mentioned in the Holy Quran, rest here. The footprints have been fenced off for protection.

Next we headed to Al Balid (Archeological site). A city known as Dhufar, grew between 12th and 16th centuries. The ruins of this once magnificient city can be seen at archeological site but unfortunately we were not able to enter because it is only opened at 4.00 p.m. Then we stopped by at the corniche area where we had our coconut drink

By 10.30 we moved further to Nabi Ayoub's tomb. Lies about 40 kilometres from Salalah on Jebel Ittin, which rises up behind the town. The mosque and tomb - shrine of Nabi Ayoub mark the place where the remains of the prophet, possibly identifiend as Job in the Old Testament, can be found. Near the tomb there is a stone mosque which is believed to have been used by Nabi Ayoub for praying. There were so many people visited during this time. I also met the other friends from Muscat . They came one day earlier then us. Staying there for almost one hour and by 12.00 we moved out and checked-in at Samharam Apartment. We have our relaxed for 2 hours whereas the kids were excited to go for swimming at the pool.

We went out to have our lunch at the nearest Indian Restuarant at 2.00 p.m. Ordered for Chicken Beryani, fried King fish, curry sotong and salad oleh kerana terlalu lapar and dah sebulan tak makan indian food semua licin. Finished with our lunch we proceeded to Mughsayl which is located 40km on the west of Salalah. Mughsayl has a stretch of magnificent sandy beach , outlined by sculptured cliffs and blow holes formed in the limestone rocks, where plumes of water can reach a height of 30 metres or more. Since Khareef season is over so we could not see the splashing out of water from the blowholes.The view along the coast where the mountains meet the sea is spectacular. Feeling satisfied with the sight seeing and photographing session we rushed back to the hotel because my big baby dah ngantuk. Allowed him to rest for a shortwhile but the others geared up with their swimming suit and went to relax themselves at the pool.

At night we went out for our shopping , biasa lah ladies will never satisfied without done with their shopping. Eventhough Salalah is not a place of shopping paradise but we were enjoyed with the fascinating Salalah souq where we can find a lot of ready garments and materials. We found out that the cost of Abaya was much cheaper compared to Muscat where Roza and Zaleha bought one each for themselves. As for myself I bought some materials for our next Eid. hehehe... puas hati... Finally, bila semua dah rasa lapar, Haji introduced us to Yemeni Restaurant located at 23rd July Street the best Yemeni food ever. The rice was so yummy sampai we ordered for second big plate. At the same time we never missed with our jokes and borak-borak . When everybody felt exhausted we hurriedly went back. Fathers and kids immediately went to bed whereas the three moms continued with their chat/gossips.