Dhofari Gucci

Over the past couple of years I've become almost allergic to the idea of social media. I use Whatsapp to contact family (and maintain ...

Thank you all for your support /horror stories after my Bank Muscat rant below. After 52 days, my card was finally activated. 52 days of n...

Dear Abdulrazaq Bin Ali Issa, I have been a customer at Bank Muscat for many years. I'm one of the quiet customers who never goes ...

Goodness I've been lazy. I have notes written all over the place for the blog, but then I get sucked in to the 'holy-shit-the-worl...

Dear Oman Air, I'm beginning to think I'm being targeted... like this is some mean joke someone is playing on me because I tra...

After weeks and weeks of suffering from extreme humidity, it finally started raining. Yesterday was a drizzle and this morning was full-on...

I am and will always be a traveler. I have one foot in Salalah and one foot firmly placed in the rest of the world. My heart is out there ...

I know the title sounds like Gucci is contemplating marriage, but the post is not about Gucci. It's about something that has been frus...

Good afternoon my few loyal readers who still check in on me from time to time although I have yet to pull myself back into regular writin...

Very happy that this incredible researcher is getting some of the attention he deserves. I've been to his mini museum and have read ...

Dear Readers, My 2016 list of resolutions is almost complete. Rest assured that it includes more blog posts. I have 12 topics lined up...

Before you bite my head off, remember that I'm one person with an opinion. I didn't post patriotic schpeal on National Day (Novemb...

News of more weather conditions over the coming days. Have any of you heard anything regarding a tropical storm? It seems to be heading str...

Not that I want to jinx us or anything, but it seems we scared the cyclone off with all our obsessive preparations. The weather forecast f...

No major updates. Oman TV confirmed (at 10:00 am on Saturday) that the cyclone is 500 km away from the coast. They're still expecting ...

As you all know, Dhofar is about to be hit with Cyclone Chapala. There's a lot of information going around on social media, WhatsApp a...

Although I find the name of this festival quite offensive, this is what it's called in Salalah whether I like it or not. The festival,...

Hello everyone. Greetings from my freezing office on this very hot day. I'll never understand why men need to have the central air-con...

Before I spew forth one more word, rest assured that I speak only of practices in Salalah. I am not familiar whatsoever with election prac...