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Hitching [[User:Alex|alex]]: I found it easy to hitchhike in Oman, however, hitchhiking as such is not known and around the area of Muscat is very difficult, making up for the ease many people want to drop you of at the rest of bus station or give you money that you can use the countrybus. Too much traffic, too many taxi's, and When they grasped the people see too many tourists. They are curiousidea, but often by the time they decide some wanted to make a decision they have been swept away by the rest an additional way of the traffic300 km just to bring me closer to my destination. Muscat is a pain to get Many people also just stopped for me out of, it is an incredibly long, stretched and highly dense city, as all the people live along the coastal stripcuriosity. One thing I had sometimes a hard time to try is finding a small entrance find out where they go to the main road, and try waving often ended up to cars about to enter the highway, tell them you have no money lift just for a taxicouple of kilometres (being dropped at a bad spot). Further, if they could take you I never used public transport in the cities as I found it easy to where they are goinghitchhike there as well. Often times they will take you all the way to where you need to go in the cityMany people speak English. As they hardly never see a backpacker, you There are more of a novelty than petrol stations along the hordes of retired tourists and aging ex-pats that crowd the placemotorways. No payment was expected for lifts. Great hospitality.
[[User:Alex|alex]]: I found it easy to hitchhike == Muscat == Hitching in Omanand around the area of Muscat is very difficult, making up for the ease of the rest of the country. Too much traffic, howevertoo many taxis, hitchhiking as such is not known and the people see too many people want tourists. They are curious, but often by the time they decide to drop you make a decision they have been swept away by the rest of at the bus station or give you money that you can use traffic. Using the micro-buses inside the buscity might be a viable option as they only cost 500 baizas (0. When they grasped the idea500 Rial, some wanted to make an additional way around 1.20 Euro). Most of 300 km just them go to bring me closer to my destination. Many people the central terminal in the Ruwi area, which is also just stopped the terminal for me long-distance buses. Muscat is a pain to get out of curiosity, it is an incredibly long, stretched and highly dense city, as all the people live along the coastal strip. I had sometimes One thing to try is finding a small entrance to the main road, and try waving to cars about to enter the highway, tell them you have no money for a hard time taxi, if they could take you to find out where they go are going. Often times they will take you all the way to and often ended up where you need to have lift just for go in the city. As they hardly never see a backpacker, you are more of a couple novelty than the hordes of kilometres retired tourists and aging ex-pats that crowd the place. == Southern Oman (being dropped at a bad spotDhofar) == The Dhofar region around Salala in the south is quite hitchable. Many guest workers (mostly Pakistani and Indians)hitchhike to work there so it is nothing unheard of. There are no high-speed highways in this region so people should be able to stop for you in most places. Further However, I never used public transport it is recommended to make sure that your lift can take you into the next town. The heat is not as bad as in most other places in the cities Arabic Peninsula but you will still need good sun protection and water as I found it easy to hitchhike there you will sweat a lot. Inside towns though you can usually cool down as wellmost bars, supermarkets and shops offer air conditioning. Many people speak English Due to a special climate the weather is moderate and humid in July, August and September. There are petrol stations along It is said that there is a lot of tourism coming to Dhofar in this time increasing the motorwaysprices in general. No payment was expected As the distance between Muscat and Salala is over 1000 km it is worth considering taking the bus from Ruwi terminal for lifts. Great hospitalityaround 6 Rial (around 15 Euro) which will take you around 12 hours.
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It's also possible to hitch the taxi's that roam the roads. If you do it right, you can get about 20% of your lifts in free taxis. If you are walking besides the road, turning around and thumbing when a car passes, but not thumbing for a taxi, often they stop anyway. They drive up besides you, and ask you where you are going. Tell them "maafi fluce"(I have no money), and tell them that you are walking to your destination. Often they will let you in for a free ride, it happens quiet often if your walking on the side of the road. And don't worry, once your in, they will not then turn around and ask you for money at the end of the ride - Oman's taxi drivers are the nicest I've ever found in the world.
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