Around Muscat

Visited by Amol, MSR Family on Oct 15, 2013

On second holiday of Eid, we opted to stay in Muscat and decided to visit a few places around. We preferred Muscat Expressway as usual and took the Al Khoud exit.

While driving along, we saw a place which brought an immediate attention. The place was labelled as Global Shopping Center as shown below and with lots of curiosity, we decided to do some Window shopping. 

should say "Coming Soon"

The place was not crowded at all as one would expect from the name, infact there was nothing to see except for a few snack shops and some amusement for children.

Smarty...

It was a big disappointment but we still managed to pose for a few snaps, as a remembrance of our visit.

the Rauts

We were told about a festival just next to the Tulip hotel on the service road from Airport to Ghubra and we decided to visit that place.

It did look colourful from distance. The festival was nothing but the 1st edition of Hala B’Eid — A Festival for Children.The festival boasts a number of programs like  thrilling rides, stage performances , light shows, magic shows, talent shows, quiz competitions and much more.

Hala B'Eid Festival

To enjoy all the rides or games, one has to pay 5RO. Individually each game will cost 2 tokens @ 500bz. Riya had a fanstastic time, needless to say.

Though it was meant for children, we just couldn't stop the child within us from coming out and color a few angry bird cartoons. It is next to impossible to beat or to say even compete with an Artist like Manoj in this field.

Manoj, as serious as ever

from R-L, coloured by Manoj, Mrs. Raut and ......

One can easily make out who is the best performer and who is the worst.

Difference in skills, quite evident

The festival is open untill october 25th. Its worth visiting the place if you have a kid of age 5yrs or above. There are some stage performances as well, worth watching as there is no ticket for that.

Satge from a distance