I
was lucky enough to be eligible for the annual STA Travel Global bash. The Top 10 Travel advisers from each country
worldwide based on sales are invited to a new exotic destination for
the Global awards party each year. I
qualified for the first ever trip 2 years ago which was held in Dubai, I missed the second year due to living in
Berlin and was quite chuffed to make it this year with having almost 3 months
off! This year the location was
announced… Muscat in Oman. Back to Oman! I don't think I ever imagined to return to this mysterious country so soon.
We
left Melbourne on Emirates and were unlucky to not be upgraded to business
class, but how can you complain with a free holiday! 18 hours later and a tad drunk we landed in
sunny Oman. The moment from landing we
were treated like rockstars. We were
taken to the Shangri La Al Jissah resort
located around 15 minutes from the airport situated on the turquoise blue
waters of the Oman sea contrasting the vivid majestic mountains directly behind
the resort made a magical desert oasis.
Not
allot to report besides copious amounts of alchoal, lots of fun, amazing food and
great company. New friends were made and
old ones reunited.
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Worlds tastiest date shake - Muscat Souq
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The
highlight to the trip was on the last day we were taken away on our own private
jet boat to a private barron island decorated like an Arabian oasis. We had a delicious middle eastern Barbeque
and danced the night away to Oman's best DJ’s!
Than to top it all off the return journey was the icing on the cake…
upgrade to business class, thank you very much Emirates! February 2013
