Mosques, Forts, Amusement and Corn

The mosques of Muscat are best photographed at night. Fun fact, the Grand Mosque, above, lets non-Muslims in, which is a rarety.

Outside of Muscat, we saw different styles of Mosque. This one, called Jamea Al Islam, inspired George Lucas, I believe.

Low-key town mosque.

Shorter Mountain Mosque.

Speaking of small towns, most of them have forts!

Some were in better conditions than others.

We mostly couldn't go inside, but I bet the best parties happen down here.

They seemed to be restoring this one. Tricky.

I like fort ruins, but one thing I love is an abandoned amusement park!We found this one by accident, and struggled to know if it was abandoned 2 or 30 years ago.

But we did learn that Omanis eat corn at amusement parks. Not popcorn, but seasoned corn.

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