Another weekend with the parents and another opportunity to get out and explore. This time we ventured to Nizwa, the former capital of Oman.
You can't say that you've seen Nizwa unless you've been on a Friday morning and seen the goat market. We left Muscat at the crack of dawn, to drive the 2 hours to Nizwa to make sure that we were there in time to get the full experience.
Just inside the walled area of the souq, was a large ring where local Omanis dressed in their dishdashas, paraded their goats in front of prospective buyers.
In my opinion the biggest winner of the day was the guy selling the rope to take your purchase home.
After a wander around all the various other parts of the souq, we headed into another fort. Much more popular than the previous week's, but not quite as impressive.
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