Travel Guide Ghaba

The road in the middle of the desert, a few houses, and there it is: just another hamlet like the hundreds that exist in the sultanate, planted in the middle of nowhere on the edge of a national highway, with no charm or appeal and no reason to stop here except to cut a long road and take refuge in a guesthouse or resthouse (= the local motel). This is inland road number 31 from Muscat to Salalah, which is monotonous and very long if you've left Nizwa or the Sharqiyah desert a little late, for example. When continuing, avoid heading west: at the end, it's no-go Saudi Arabia. Petrol pump, mineral water, chips and motel.