Wadi Bin Khaled, Oman

These wadis are simply brilliant and I really don't think a photograph would ever do places like these any justice. I could barely speak while I was in this place, I was in awe of everything. This is high season for rain, so once the rain stops these pools dry up and become riverbeds. We took full advantage of our route and took a slight detour to catch sight of the wadis. We arrived and hopped outta the car. Kaia was anxious-for it had been about 6hours we had been just sitting in the car, thank goodness for dvd players. We were trying to go a bit off the beaten path, it was very busy, and it was about peak visitor time..post prayer time. We just parked it and walked towards the wadis...until we caught sight of 2 little travel guides. They were about 7 years old and had every intent on making our stay at the Wadi bin khaled pleasurable and memorable. One I swear had pneumonia...but he kept on truckin. kaia was steered clear of him the duration of our visit with the help of us.
THey took us on this alternative route up the side of the mountain insead of where all the tourists went-which was along side of the riverbed,where we should have gone. So, we were hiking up these dirt paths...pretty flowers, little shack homes and wetness. Hmmm, where did that wetness come from, "Oh that's goat piss...kaia be careful don't.....YEp,right,slipped in the goat piss." Brush it off, not only did she brush it off, but I had to contain my motherly concern, use our drinking water, and wash the piss off her arms and hands and just move on. Meanwhile, quite agitated by my every obsessive compulsive urge to keep my baby free of not only germs, but goat piss. We finally arrived after a treacherous, heat riddened hike down to the forest filled with wadis. Why did we let these boys lead us up this stupid trail in the first place?
Well, needless to say, we made it there. Cus worded..goat pee filled minutes later. It reminded me of something out of Greek Mythology,Bible something very old- people taking naps under Palm trees...mother's feeding their babies,Men dancing and playing music, people swimming in green-blue pools of water. It was incredibly surreal, I could barely make sense of what I was witnessing. People brought their homes into this space...and it was like out of a dream...hard thing to explain, but perhaps the photos could do a bit of expressing