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I'm D. Michael, a teacher living in Muscat, Oman. I love to travel independently to off-the-beaten-path locations and sharing them with you. Come along with me on my adventures through this website, social media, and my favorite, the Sultanate podcast. مرحبا Marhaba.
Hi My name is Thomas
I am also fan of Oman witch I had the chance to visit and leave for few times.
I have a project of shooting the first MTB action big production and adventure trip in Oman.
I am looking for connexion and people on site to help me to organized this project.
I advise against attempting this portion if you have not driven on mountain paths before or you are not confident on your ability to do so (I do offer Wadi Bani Awf Crossing as one of my tours if you like to have a guide take you there :))
Sharaf Al Alamein is a popular area for people to camp (the locals call the area Eastern Mountain) and there are some suitable flat areas for camping, the temperature is more pleasant at higher elevation (it hits low-to-mid 20C in summer when it is +40C at Al Hamra), and the amazing cliff-side views of the Wadi Bani Awf. After Sharaf Al Alamein it is approximately 30km drive to Al Hamra, with a steep mountain descent portion (but at least this is on paved road).
You mentioned you wished you had a geologist with you. I am working on a virtual filed trip of Oman Geology and have posted a few high resolution zoomable images from Wadi Bani Awf with explanations which might be helpful.
Thanks for posting this information Stephen. That sounds fantastic, and looks like you are well prepared to take on the canyon! Are you going with guides or doing it with friends? Let us know how it goes ?
I am yet to do Snake Canyon myself and really hope to be able to do it sometime in November (when I am back permanently in Oman).
I realize this is not useful now as its after couple of months from your question, but I hope you managed to find a tour guide for your visit! (I had issues with receiving comment notification and only got to read your comment today).
May I use your photo of the entrance to Wadi Bani Auf and Snake Canyon? It is for a book I am writing about the years I spent in the Middle East. Wadi Bani Auf was a favourite place, near our temporary home at Rustaq. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.
Hi there,
we (3 persons) will come over to oman beginning of february and would like to go the snake canyon mid of february. anyone with similiar plans in that time to do it together ?
any good guides to recommend ?
We tried to cross from Nakhal to Nizwa using Wadi Bani Awf on the 8th March using a 44. The weather was sunny but it had rained the previous day. Several parts of the track had water in them, some quite deep and the track was difficult to follow in some places. We managed to visit Balad Sayt and then carried on towards Hat and the paved road at Sharaf Al Alamyn. Just past the falaj, we were stopped by some local people who told us that the track was impassable. They had abandoned their 44 and were walking to Hat. We decided to turn around and go back. a lucky decision as the area had the worst storm in living memory 30 minutes after we left the wadi.
The nizwa one is safer of the two and you will descend down to Bilad Sayt. It does require a proper 44 though. For the other route you will need to ascend upto Bilad Sayt when you start from wadi abni auwf. Its dangerous for sure and you will need to tip ur 44 on side of the mountain to let an oncoming vehicle pass (its so narrow) but it will reward you with the best views of the Al Hajar range.
Both ways are equally beautiful, the direction depends on what is your plan for the day, e.g. Start from Al Awabi side if you want to continue your journey to Al Dakhiliyah (Al Hamra, Jabal Shams, etc.).
Well has saas graas simran going on within them constantly it does not stop due to shoes being on, hair being uncovered, going to the loo. So why should that stop one when they have not got to this padvi!
i do bani on the loo, (i have to admit that its hard to .... um..... 'concentrate' while talking, so maybe this is a natural thing! --> all the 9 doors of the body close and the 10th opens when you do naam, so maybe this is also summin to consider...
According to what elder Gursikhs have said, one should not recite Paatth from a Pothi/Gutka with shoes on (with obvious reasons of Satkaar). Other than you can wear shoes and recite Gurbani orally anywhere whether it be in the car, walking, waiting for a bus, or having a shower etc. Elder Gursikhs give advice of japping Mool Mantar or Waheguru when having the shower.
In regards to the toilet, I "personally" don't think reciting a Bani, for example Japji Sahib, whilst on the toilet is the best place to be reciting Bani. If you need to go to the toilet then go, but waiting 2 minute and then continuing reciting a Bani may be better (for concentration, focus and mind set). But having said that we should be aiming to be Japping Naam and keeping Waheguru in our "chit" (consciousness) 24/7 (naturally it is hard thing, but that is the aim of every Gursikh). So in short, my "personal" vichaar is that we should try and do Simran all times and everywhere, however, when reciting a particular Bani, I would give it some thought where I am reciting it and whether my mind and focus is going into the Bani (to some extent or another). i.e. Reciting Japji Sahib whilst your family is watching tele in the same small room with people talking on top of that, is perhaps not the best place to be reciting a Bani because Bani usually takes more concentration than Simran (according to my little understanding), similarly whilst sitting on the loo I would not recite a Bani.
There is a circular path around a sports field. Sonia takes 18 minutes to drive one round of the field, while Ravi takes 12 minutes for the same. Suppose they both start at the same point and at the same time and go in the same direction. After how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point?
There is a circular path around a sports field. Sonia takes 18 minutes to drive one round of the field, while Ravi takes 12 minutes for the same. Suppose they both start at the same point and at the same time, and go in the same direction. After how many minutes wil they meet again at the starting point?
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Dysregulation of the Wnt pathway in histologically distinct cancers has been studied extensively. The canonical Wnt pathway (CWP) utilizing β-catenin is one of the major drivers for proliferation. In contrast, the capacity of the non-canonical Wnt pathway (NCWP) to regulate proliferation has not been studied extensively in neoplastic tissues. Our earlier studies demonstrated that RV-mediated suppression of colorectal cancer (CRC) cell proliferation correlated with upregulated expression of several NCWP components. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that these upregulated NCWP components suppress CWP activity leading to proliferation inhibition. Of the NCWP components measured, the ligand Wnt9A was most prominently upregulated. Since the CWP utilizes β-catenin for its activity, the purpose of the present study was to determine whether induction of Wnt9A and suppression of CRC proliferation by RV can be correlated directly to modulation of β-catenin message and protein levels. This study was conducted on human CRC cells derived from surgical specimens (n = 5). Cell proliferation and apoptosis were determined by MTS and Caspase 3 assays, respectively. β-catenin protein levels were determined by ELISA and gene expression using quantitative RT-PCR Wnt pathway gene expression arrays. RV increased Wnt9A expression in CRC cells in a concentration-dependent manner. Wnt9A expression was increased by a mean of 8, 36 and 260 fold (p
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