Wednesday 28 September 2011

some more...

I read a post on Muscat Mutterings that HBSC were giving out voucher booklets to their credit card holders. I was quite pleased because I immediately contacted them for mine. And I must say it has lots of vouchers for hotels, restaurants and spas and the like. To name a few - Grand Hyatt/Marriott Salalah/Trader Vics/Bollywood Chaat/Al Ghazal Pub/Rock Bottom/Hannah's parlour and there are many many more.

So if you are a HSBC credit card holder please go and collect your vouchers as they expire on 30 December 2011. I dont know why they didn't extend the validity for a year. The only clause is that you must pay for all the services with your credit card. So it may not be possible to transfer these vouchers to your friends.

Last week I checked out O Sole Mio. It was lovely. There was live music, the ambience was lovely and the food was amazing. We were three of us and we ordered one pizza, one pasta, a bottle of water and one coke and it was enough between us. Infact the pizza was left over. We paid a total of RO 15. The waiters were very polite and the manager was making rounds to ensure all diners were comfortable.

This week its Hot Pot and Grills :)

Sunday 11 September 2011

Eid

I'm a bit late to post this blog as Eid has come and gone but nonetheless - Eid Mubarak to everyone!! We had a 5 day holiday announced in Oman which was a welcome break. A couple of relatives flew down from Dubai hence the 5 days passed by in entertaining them around Oman. We went to Nizwa (Tanouf); it was beautiful.We also camped at Jabal Al Shams and the temperature was colddd. At night it was pitch black. It's the first time I have camped out in Muscat and it was a good experience. We slept in the car and the guys took the tents. Next morning was sunny and we drove almost 10 hours both ways. Apart from the long drive it was fun. We went to Zouk (Crowne Plaza) on Friday 2nd November for "Bollywood Night". There were some great Hindi tracks played and the crowd started to pour in only after about 12 midnight.

All in all a great longgg weekend.

Looking forward to some more...