The Wandering Scot
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Gulf States 2012
Mesopotamia
Dubai
Abu Dhabi
Dubai-Muscat
Muscat
Nizwa
Doha
Bahrain
Kuwait City
Dubai
Dubai welcomes Scots
Burj Khalifa
B.K. Observation Deck
On the 124th floor.
View from Burj Khalifa
B.K. North View
B.K. South View
Fountain at Dubai Mall
Abu Dhabi
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Mosque
Southern downtown
White Fort (under restoration)
Dubai-Muscat
30 miles W of Hatta
28 miles W of Hatta
17 miles W. of Hatta
74 miles SE of Hatta
8 miles W of Muscat
8 miles W of Muscat
Muscat
Royal Palace
Palace Complex
Good Security
Old Portugese Fort (West)
Old Portugse Fort (East)
Gatehouse Museum
Craggy tower
Al Jalali Fort, Muttrah
Nizwa
32 miles W. of Muscat
Nizwa Fort
Fort top
Unrestored walls
Nizwa
Fish in the Bazar
Town, 20 miles NW of Nizwa
32 miles NW of Nizwa
Jebel Sham
Jebel Sham
Scotsman at Jebel Sham
Baddar at Jebel Sham
Doha
Restored/Reimagined Bazaar
Older section of Bazaar
Islamic Cultural Center
Modeled on Iraq's Samarra Tower?
Islamic Museum
Dhows
Pearl Monument
Hazy Downtown
White Fort
Bahrain
Manama Skyline
From Bahrain Fort
Pearl Monument
Bab Al-Bahrain Gate
Barbar Temple
Constructed between 3000 and 2000 bc
Barbar Temple
Barbar Temple
Natural spring + pool
Bahrain Fort
With excavations of ancient city.
Bahrain Fort Interior
Excavations below Bahrain Fort
City dates from 2500 bc to Hellenic
Kuwait City
Kuwait City Downtown
Kuwait Towers
Kuwait Towers
Behind the Saudi Embassy
Dhow, National Museum
Dhows outside Maritime Museum
Kuwait Memorial Museum
33 miles NW of Kuwait City
38 miles NW of Kuwait City
Mesopotamia