Fri 18th Feb: Took the mid-day bus into York, a packed train to Kings Cross and the tube to Heathrow. Check-in with Gulf Air was very efficient and the flight left on time.
Sat 19th: Had three hours in Bahrain before the flight to Muscat. The hundred seater plane seemed very small and was only half full. I arrived at noon and was met by the Golden Tulip Hotel shuttle bus driver, holding a card with my name on it. I was in the hotel by 12:30 and had a buffet lunch. Had a wander around the hotel and found the pool, unexpectedly on the first floor. I then went out for a walk down the road, running parallel to the new motorway. This must have been the old road, but it's still a building site. Had a good steak dinner in the hotel.
Sun 20th: Met Richard in the foyer and we nearly missed the shuttle bus back to the airport, as it set off without us. We met the rest of the group at the Costa coffee shop, as arranged, and boarded the flight to Salala.
