And that’s how we found ourselves towards the end of May in Muscat, possibly the only foreign tourists there because it’s the month which is as hot as June and July but has less rainfall. Inland it was 47°C, in Muscat it was a bit cooler at about 44°C. This obviously affected what we could do as we had to keep out of the heat in the middle of the day. We were also in the city on a Friday when absolutely everything is shut, some places all day and others only in the morning. “You must really love Oman to come here in May,” laughed our taxi-driver… an Omani because unlike in neighbouring United Arab Emirates or Qatar where taxi-drivers are all foreigners, in Oman it’s a job reserved for the locals…