After driving from Muscat to Salalah and camping in the desert in early May I was in urgent need of an improvement to my appearance so my first stop in Salalah was, as usual, a Pakistani barber saloon who took care of my unshaved face and rather messy hair http://blog.omanholiday.co.uk/blog/Photos/_archives/2007/6/3/2995018.html .

Over the time I spent in southern Oman I was fortunate to see several Gazelle at close quarters – all looked very healthy and well fed; rains in March must have increased the food supply for them. Perhaps as an early start to the Khareef (monsoon) Salalah and its surrounding mountains received steady rain over a 36+ hour period filling Wadi Darbat to overflowing as can be seen from the waterfalls. The rains will again increase food supply for the Gazelles however on a more negative note a young camel of friends father drowned in a fast flowing wadi – the body was found after a couple of intensive searches.

I was delighted to join a friend in a Camera Trap inspection trip. The traps are used to try and access the Leopards in the region – on this occasion no Leopard but a rather busy White Tailed Mongoose was filmed.