Oman - مسقط Melody

Yaaaaaaaaawn. Mornin'. How'd you like our little Balkan sojourn? It was a little erratic, but they had some pretty good stuff, no? That blues hour was completely unexpected. Never thought I'd hear Muddy Waters in Sarajevo. We heard some pretty great Bosnian pop, too. 

Anyway, Pinky wanted to go to the hidden kingdom of Bhutan today, on account of it's awesome, but he couldn't find a decent station. Apparently they didn't get nationwide FM coverage until 2005, and they only broadcast for 15 hours a day. Both of those things make finding a good radio station tricky. So, let's pass over the only state to measure gross national happiness (for now), and head to another kingdom...

Oman! 

Know why it's awesome? Cause 20% of the world's meteorites come from there! Isn't that wild? Well, the ones in labs anyway. 

They have camel racing, too! Yesterday Pinky saw two camels in a horse trailer, but he couldn't get a decent picture on his 4-year-old (read: ancient) cellular telephone. So, instead he called my sisters and told them. And, a few years ago he saw a bunch of ostriches in a horse trailer! It was AWESOME. They were sticking their heads out the side and making hilarious faces. We know, Pinky has the best life.

Also, their capital is Muscat (which looks like this in Arabic: مسقط), which Ellen thinks sounds like muskrat, musket, and muscat (the wild grape). All of those things are pretty amazing... especially if you have a muskrat holding a musket eating muscats in Muscat. My mind! It's totally blown!

And, their average LOW is 75 degrees F! What?! We're jealous.

Anyway, we digress! If anyone needs us, we'll be in basking in the glow of Oman! نراكم في وقت لاحق! (that means 'see you later' in Arabic)

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Al-Wisal 96.5 FM

ps: it's ellen's birthday - wish her a good one, y'all!

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